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Hitman – (2007 movie)

2015-12-29

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465494/

I’m not sure how to describe this movie. It’s .. it doesn’t have the sort of consistency that makes it stick in memory enough to try.

It both feels like it has a plot line and that it’s all over the place. Overall it neither crafts a “feeling” nor has memorable characters. It was watchable enough to get through it all without really cringing, but it’s definitely not re-watchable and I wouldn’t recommend it even as bubblegum viewing. It’s successor, Hitman – Agent 47 (2015)[doesn’t exist], is way better.

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Executive producer.. Vin Diesel? Oh.

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Self/less – (2015 movie)

2015-12-28

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140379/
was focusfeatures.com/selfless

An dying old rich man has his mind transferred to a younger body, and learns the dark secrets of the process.

Overall a good movie. It’s not particularly science-fictiony, but it does explore an interesting topic.

See also Freejack – (1992 movie)

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Codehunters – (2006 movie)

2015-12-28

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Definitely not Tiny Tina

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(on Wikipedia)
https://vimeo.com/7432584
https://web.archive.org/web/20180806095234/www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/mtv_codehunters

I heard of Codehunters from one of those idiotic “10 things you didn’t know”-type YouTube videos. It had a reference to Borderlands – (2009 game) having artwork similarity.

However, it turns out to be Kotaku’s usual bullshit “journalism” based on a reddit comment thread. No, really. For all anyone knows, Kotak-eww made it all up.

Overall, this short is decent. Good enough to deserve the recognition it did. There are plenty of other similar styles and stories which are like this though.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – (2015 movies)

2015-12-27

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/man-uncle

Two agents become an unlikely pair to thwart the creation and deployment of a nuclear warhead.

I overall liked this. It has a classy feel something like the old James Bond films but with its own flavour. Younger fans of that genre will likely also like this movie.

Based on the television show The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
United Network Command Law Enforcement

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Hitman – Agent 47 – (2015 movie)

2015-12-27

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2679042/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/hitman-agent-47

A super-soldier program falls apart when its author goes rogue, but when its heirs move to re-capture him, not only does one of his creations turn against them but so does his greatest creation, his daughter.

What was, in so many respects, an original piece in an original world, it has various inappropriate quips and so obviously draws from other sources that it wears thin for a fan of them. Definitely recommended, but I’ll leave it up to the viewer to decide on if they’d re-watch it. I reference several other sources which ought to be watched at some point, and I think their viewing would reveal just how thin this movie is. Good, but thin.

Properly titled Hitman: Agent 47
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