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Hitman (2007)

Reviewed by Clark Collis | Nov 21, 2007

Clark Collis

Clark Collis is a senior writer for EW

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Details Release Date: Nov 21, 2007; Rated: R; Length: 100 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Crime; With: Timothy Olyphant

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D.O.A. Hitman rounds up Timothy Olyphant for what may be the dumbest movie of 2007

''How does a good man decide when to kill?'' asks Timothy Olyphant's killer-for-hire protagonist in the opening minutes of Hitman. But we have a better question for you, Timothy Olyphant: ''How does such a good actor wind up in this witless piece of action schlock?'' Based on a videogame, Hitman could be the year's dumbest movie, thanks to an idiotic premise concerning a group of secretive assassins identifiable only — only? — by the large bar-code tattoos on the backs of their shaved noggins. D

Originally posted Nov 21, 2007 Published in issue #966-967 Nov 30, 2007 Order article reprints

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