Saoirse Ronan may be up against herself for the Oscar with this turn outdoing The Outrun by a tear or two.
It has solid technical aspects and the special effects in bomb-torn London were excellent.
The story of the runaway son meshed with a country at war but the main performance needed to be brilliant to really sell the film and it was only good, not great.
Poor film that could have been okay were it not for the songs and the lacking of logic. The songs are just condescending rehashes of what we've already seen and heard. They just double the exposition and waste large chunks of time that would've been better spent developing and expanding the characters.
It's an interesting idea with some strong acting and technical aspects. However, it's based on an unbelievable start: She gets a creepy phone call from someone who knows…
Excellent action from start to almost finish, excluding the ridiculously bad ending.
The technical aspects of cinematography, stunts, score, and lighting are excellent.
The story is pretty standard but put into the fully actualised post-apocalyptic world improves it. Still unoriginal but it's the action and journey that matters here.
I'm not sure where the Oscar buzz for this came from. The acting is solid but not extraordinary; the technical aspects (CLA) were all good but not great; the script was an ABC 3-act, fast paced, standard one with strong dialogue.
It was very loosely based on a true character with a fictionalised story.
Overall, Hit Man was entertaining but not award-worthy.
