a5c7b9f00b Genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, he's the culmination of decades of research, endowed with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. Known only as Agent 47 (Rupert Friend), his latest target is a corporation that plans to unlock the secret of his past to create an army of killers even more powerful than him. With help from a young woman, the elite assassin confronts revelations about his own origins in an epic battle with his deadliest foe. An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. It felt like the team that made the Resident Evil films- another failed attempt to turn a game into a movie - has worked on this as well. It is an Apple-style, gun kata, Matrix derived, James Bond cloning, CGI filled, Resident Evil sequel.<br/><br/>I wanted to watch it because I like Rupert Friend in Homeland. He did not disappoint, but neither did he blow my mind. It is clear that he needs better direction than the one time director Aleksander Bach could provide. Zachary Quinto does a decent job as well, considering the script. Hannah Ware is... cute and has a British accent. That's about it.<br/><br/>I could waste time telling you about the story, but it is rather silly and obvious. Even the twists, you see them coming from miles away. I think one thing only explains the film better than any review: Jürgen Prochnow gets less screen time than Angelababy in this movie. Yeah, I had to google her, too. I entered the cinema with low expectations. The movie started off slow, and the middle of the movie was a bit confusing for me, but as long you manage to keep on to the story, you will enjoy it. This is indeed a good reboot, and it really has no sense to give this movie a rating of 5.9, while some movies who definitively don't deserve it's ratings get rated much higher than this. There are some clichés about technology, type of "Press to hack" stuff, but it's not the only one, is it? The ending won't be understandable for some people if they don't know something about the series already. Bottom line, you shouldn't come to the cinema not knowing anything about the series, you should at least know some basics to understand the movie totally. Consistently off by a beat, Hitman: Agent 47 fails to ever click into gear. No, but there is a stinger during the credits. See here or here for more information.