2023 | United States | Feature

Hit Man

  • English 113 mins
  • Director | Richard Linklater
  • Writer | Richard Linklater, Glen Powell
  • Producer | Richard Linklater, Mike Blizzard, Michael Costigan, Jason Bateman, Glen Powell

STATUS: Released

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In a wily and charismatic star turn, Glen Powell plays straight-laced philosophy professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as an undercover hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary begins to descend into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona)—setting off a chain reaction of play-acting and false selves. Richard Linklater’s peppy sunlit neo-noir—based on an improbable true story, with a few wild embellishments—is a continually surprising delight: co-written by Linklater and Powell, it’s a cleverly existential comedy about identity that deepens in meaning as it escalates in absurdity. A Netflix release.

Undercover Police Crime Comedy Neo Noir
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