Hit Man

A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.

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Hit Man
Overview:
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.
Cast:

• Gary Johnson: Glen Powell
• Madison Figueroa Masters: Adria Arjona
• Jasper: Austin Amelio
• Claudette: Retta
• Phil: Sanjay Rao
• Alicia: Molly Bernard
• Ray: Evan Holtzman
• Sargeant Hank: Gralen Bryant Banks
• Craig: Mike Markoff
• Walt: Bryant Carroll
• Sleazy Guy: Enrique Bush
• Burlesque Dancer: Bri Myles
• Rita: Kate Adair
• Isaac: Martin Bats Bradford
• Tammy: Morgana Shaw
• Marcus: Ritchie Montgomery
• Joe: Richard Robichaux
• Society Lady: Jo-Ann Robinson
• Monte: Jonas Lerway
• Defense Lawyer: Kim Baptiste
• Foreman 1: Sara Osi Scott
• Foreman 2: Anthony Michael Frederick
• Tammy’s Husband: Duffy Austin
• Sylvia: Jordan Joseph
• Bruce: Garrison Allen
• Jill: Beth Bartley
• Ray’s Buddy: Jordan Salloum
• Defense Lawyer 2: John Raley
• Prosecution: Tre Styles
• Judge: Donna DuPlantier
• Melanie: Michele Jang
• Mindy: Stephanie Hong
• Peter: Joel Griffin
• Jerren: KC Simms
• Gwen: Murphee Bloom
• PTA Mom: Roxy Rivera
• Police Officer #1: Edwin P. Compass III
• Police Officer #2: Carl Thibodeaux

Crew:

• Screenplay: Glen Powell
• Screenplay: Richard Linklater
• Producer: Michael Costigan
• Producer: Jason Bateman
• Makeup Artist: Courtney Lether
• Foley Recordist: Glenn Eanes
• Makeup Artist: Darla Edin
• Supervising Sound Editor: Tom Hammond
• Executive Producer: John Sloss
• Foley Artist: Susan Fitz-Simon
• Co-Producer: Connor Flanagan
• Set Decoration Buyer: Bradford Johnson
• Original Music Composer: Graham Reynolds
• Executive Producer: Scott Brown
• Executive Producer: Julie Goldstein
• Executive Producer: Shivani Rawat
• Sound Designer: Justin Hennard
• Executive Producer: Megan Creydt
• Assistant Art Director: Aaron Statler
• Casting Associate: Liz Kelley
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Cody Ground
• Visual Effects Producer: Scott Hamilton
• Producer: Mike Blizzard
• Boom Operator: Alessandro Chimento
• Script Supervisor: T.J. Larson
• Art Direction: Rodney Becker
• Unit Production Manager: Ezra Venetos
• On Set Dresser: Grace Potter
• Costume Design: Juliana Hoffpauir
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Zachary Blosser
• First Assistant Director: Andi Budman
• Costumer: Jonie Bertin
• Production Sound Mixer: Dustin Fleetwood
• Dolly Grip: Andy Luce
• Production Design: Bruce Curtis
• Costume Supervisor: Jocelyn Pierce
• Second Second Assistant Director: Fernando Malabet
• Props: Ricky Autiello
• Editor: Sandra Adair
• Second Assistant Director: Jason Chandler
• Graphic Designer: Andrew Hartsock
• Still Photographer: Brian Roedel
• Camera Operator: Josh Pickering
• Production Assistant: María González
• Assistant Editor: Carissa Bittle
• Grip: Jack Patterson
• Grip: Mason Blair
• Key Grip: Nick Nicolay
• Grip: Josef Hensgens
• Camera Operator: Joseph R. Fitzgerald
• Drone Pilot: Daniel Waghorne
• Makeup Designer: Tara Cooper
• Additional Hairstylist: Budd Bird
• Digital Imaging Technician: Nathan Borck
• Dolly Grip: Chris Salamone
• Dailies Operator: Tom Barile
• Lighting Technician: Brandon Stouff
• Still Photographer: Skip Bolen
• Makeup Artist: Wendy Karcher
• Hair Department Head: Ally Vickers
• Key Makeup Artist: Nicole Schultz
• Additional Hairstylist: Chazonia Lewis
• Key Hair Stylist: Haley Hinkle
• Art Department Coordinator: Rachel Geiger
• Property Master: Jed Pendergrass
• Title Designer: Vicky Andres
• Casting Associate: Chantél Italia Johnson
• Dialogue Editor: Korey Pereira
• Digital Intermediate Colorist: Corinne Bogdanowicz
• Location Manager: Mitchell Jarrett
• ADR Recordist: Liam Moses
• Post Production Coordinator: Lara Morgan
• Assistant Location Manager: David Fields
• Dialogue Editor: Miles Foster-Greenwood
• Digital Intermediate Editor: Matt Blackshear
• Music Coordinator: Milena Erke
• Prosthetics: Gary Archer
• Executive Producer: Miguel Palos
• Executive Producer: Alan Powell
• Dialogue Editor: Evan Dunivan
• Utility Sound: Jonah Carmena
• Executive Producer: Zach Garrett
• ADR Recordist: Dane Butler
• Music Supervisor: Meghan Currier
• Location Manager: Trinity L Beals
• Additional Grip: David Flashner
• Post Production Supervisor: Eric Bergman
• Line Producer: Jenni Wieland
• Executive Producer: Vicky Patel
• Location Coordinator: John McBride
• Executive Producer: Stuart Ford
• Other: Skip Hollandsworth
• Executive Producer: Steve Barnett
• Music Supervisor: Randall Poster
• Second Assistant Camera: Matthew Gaumer
• First Assistant “B” Camera: Sarah Jones
• Additional Grip: Lewis ‘Duck’ Pieratt
• Set Dresser: Chris George
• Casting Associate: Hannah Smith
• Best Boy Electric: James Langdon
• Best Boy Electric: Larry Dorsey Jr.
• Set Dresser: Michelle Lacayo
• Second Assistant Accountant: Keith Forster
• Electrician: Toye Toppino
• Wigmaker: Allison Lowery
• Extras Casting: Charlotte Gale
• Second Assistant “B” Camera: Sydney Viard
• Costumer: Chris Cuddihee
• Utility Sound: Betsy Lindell
• Wigmaker: Stacey Butterworth
• Set Dresser: Keith Adams
• Assistant Property Master: Eryn Montgomery
• Location Assistant: Spencer Fontenot
• Location Assistant: Harrison Kirwan
• Gaffer: Michael McLaughlin
• Rigging Gaffer: Andre Green
• Props: Seth M. Johnson
• Extras Casting: Brent Caballero
• Set Dresser: Ian Gathright
• Transportation Captain: Buddy Pine
• Electrician: Darius Lindsey
• Wigmaker: Meredith Stein
• Truck Costumer: Joey Gaines
• Leadman: Vincent LeBlanc
• Set Dresser: Ricardo Barrosse
• Assistant Location Manager: David Brocato
• Production Accountant: Carrie Olsen-Wright
• Hairstylist: Donita Miller
• Set Costumer: Ray Brumfield
• First Assistant Accountant: Scott Blackburn
• Set Dresser: Anamarys Perez
• Set Dresser: Lesley Wells
• Assistant Location Manager: James Anderson
• Additional Grip: Mark Koziorowski
• Tailor: Giselle Spence
• Grip: Aha Hasan
• Assistant Location Manager: Paul Broussard
• Special Effects: Roslyn “Roz” McKay
• Digital Intermediate Producer: Casey Odell
• Best Boy Grip: Jim Wayer
• Transportation Captain: Phuong Pham
• Visual Effects: Jared Sosa
• Scoring Mixer: Buzz Moran
• Pyrotechnician: David Nash
• Foley Artist: Jahne Zachary
• Digital Intermediate Editor: Manny Dubón
• Special Effects Supervisor: Chris Bailey
• Transportation Coordinator: Susan McMahon
• Director of Photography: Shane F. Kelly
• Set Decoration: Markus Wittman
• Casting: Vicky Boone

Catogories:
Crime,Comedy,Romance
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Language:
English
Production:
United States of America
Company:
Aggregate Films,BarnStorm Productions,Detour Filmproduction,AGC Studios,Cinetic Media,Monarch Media,Shivhans Pictures
Popularity:
99.968
Date:
2024-05-16
Year:
2024

• Manuel São Bento: FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/hit-man-venice-film-festival-review-one-of-the-years-greatest-comedies/

  “Hit Man leaves everyone floored with one of the best comedies of the year in a magical case of cinema in which direction, screenplay, and cast combine so well with each other that, in the end, it’s impossible not to applaud.

  Richard Linklater and Glen Powell deliver an insanely hilarious, genuinely entertaining script elevated by the filmmaker’s flawless technical execution and career-best performances from Powell and Adria Arjona. A light, non-stop narrative filled with memorable, thought-provoking, sharp dialogue, exploring notions of identity and personality through the question: “can we really change who we are?”

  One of the most sensationally enjoyable theater experiences in recent years.”

  Rating: A-

• CinemaSerf: At this rate, Glen Powell is going to be able to pay Tom Cruise back for his flying lessons pretty swiftly! Here, he’s a rather geeky teacher (Gary) who teaches philosophy at a college whilst occasionally helping out the cops with some criminal profiling. When one of their investigators “Jasper” (Austin Amelio) goes a bit too far and gets suspended, Gary gets drafted in last minute and proves quite effective at getting folks who want to bump of their nearest and dearest for $5,000 to admit their cunning plans to a well wired-up con. The more of these cases he does, the better he gets; the more fun he has dressing up and adept he becomes at assuming a range of identities. It’s “Maddy” (Adria Arjona) who sets the cat amongst the pigeons when she asks him to get shot of her thuggish husband “Ray” (Evan Holtzman). He takes a shine to her and talks her out of her criminal ploy. Quickly the two are seeing each other – which is manna from heaven for the deposed “Jasper”. When her husband is found dead, he thinks he knows exactly who did what and how best to exact his revenge… It’s quite an entertaining romantic thriller this, providing Powell with an opportunity to charm his way through an almost two hours of cinema that is light and fluffy, completely preposterous yet based on a true character. Arjona looks like she is having a good time here, too – and the last twenty minutes are quite fun. No, it won’t trouble a BAFTA jury I suspect – but it’s quite enjoyable summertime fayre.
• r96sk: ‘Hit Man’ is fun!

  Glen Powell and Adria Arjona team up to form a strong acting chemistry, I enjoyed seeing them both feature all the way through – two great performances. On the note of the cast, good to see Austin Amelio appear; I like that guy from his ‘The Walking Dead’ days.

  This movie is paced very well, the two hour run time did not feel of that length at all. It holds an interesting and fairly amusing plot, one brought to life by everyone involved on and off screen very nicely. It’s goofy in certain ways, though that is only a positive to be honest. I also thought it was going to end slightly differently, but again that’s not a negative.

• dumasori: **Passable**

  I watched this movie with low expectations, and I wasn’t disappointed.

  This movie falls into the mid-level cheesy category, offering a fair amount of entertainment without being extraordinary.

  The actors are good at what they do, and the direction is also good. However, you can only do so much with a mediocre plot.

  Overall, watchable one time.

• Louisa Moore – Screen Zealots: Richard Linklater‘s “Hit Man” is a film with a serious identity crisis. This genre blending disaster starts out as a wannabe goofy comedy, then veers off the rails into dark noir, finally settling on a bizarrely erotic femme-fatale rom-com. This movie is absolutely terrible, and its only saving grace is its lead’s bonafide Hollywood star power.

  Straight-laced professor Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) has an odd hobby: he moonlights with the New Orleans Police Department as a fake hit man. With a penchant for inhabiting different personalities and donning outrageous costumes, Gary has a knack for telling potential clients (and marks) just the right things to get them arrested. Things get complicated when he falls for Madison (Adria Arjona), a potential criminal who meets with Gary to discuss hiring him to murder her awful husband. The two start a romantic relationship in a sea of deception and moral ambiguity, which changes Gary’s life forever.

  It’s a great premise for a film, but Linklater just can’t make it work. While he admittedly isn’t one of my favorite directors, he completely misses the mark here. The narrative is disjointed and the tonal inconsistencies are too jarring, and no amount of talent can balance the uneven, overstuffed elements of comedy, romance, and thriller. The film struggles on just about every level, but thankfully Powell saves it from being completely unwatchable.

  Powell is the highlight here. His charm and versatility shines as he navigates the complex layers of his character. This is an actor who is a true chameleon, and the film at least provides a vehicle where he can showcase his range. Powell is great; the movie is not.

  Linklater introduces a lot of bland melodrama with the relationship between Gary and Madison and, despite a believable chemistry, it causes the film to stumble even more. With her character’s motivations being murky at best, it was impossible to feel fully invested in Madison’s relationship with Gary’s alter-ego, Ron.

  For a film that had the potential to be so unique, it ends up feeling generic and unsatisfying. Despite having a small theatrical release, “Hit Man” is a disappointing effort that appropriately feels right at home as a streaming title on Netflix.

  By: Louisa Moore / SCREEN ZEALOTS