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still Hit Man (Richard Linklater, US 2023)

Hit Man

Richard Linklater / US, 2023 / 115 min.

Richard Linklater’s Hit Man is a mix of film noir, comedy and thriller, all held together by a love story going off the rails. About a professor who helps the police, luring clients into arrest by acting as a fake hired killer – until his alter ego starts taking over.

poster Hit Man (Richard Linklater, US 2023)
By day, Gary Johnson is a respectable philosophy professor who teaches his students about morality and other philosophical topics; but after work, Gary becomes a very different man – a hired assassin. Gary uses this talent for becoming someone else to help the police; just as his unsuspecting clients are about to hire the fake hitman, they are arrested.

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Scenes from this movie may cause fearThis movie contains scenes of violencePersons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains foul language

Director

Richard Linklater

Production year

2023

Country

US

Original title

Hit Man

Length

115 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

still Hit Man (Richard Linklater, US 2023)
still Hit Man (Richard Linklater, US 2023)
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