One of the greatest re-playable
games for me has to be HITMAN 2, a game where you’re an assassin carrying
out contracts on people. Between the massive arsenal and the incredibly
interactive environment, it makes me want to shave my head and get a barcode
tattoo. Which is one of the reasons that I’m so pumped that filming for the live
action flick based on the game of the same name has begun.
Directed by Xavier Gens, and
starring Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, the film follows
Agent 47 who
has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most
powerful weapons are his
nerve and a resolute
pride in his work. 47 is both the last two
digits of the barcode tattooed on the nape of his neck, and his only name.
The hunter becomes the
hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political takeover. Both Interpol and the
Russian military chase the HITMAN across Eastern Europe as he tries to find out
who set him up and why they’re trying to take him out of the game. But the
greatest threat to 47’s survival may be the stirrings of his conscience and the
unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a beautiful, damaged girl.
So far I haven’t
been terribly impressed by video game based flicks, especially when DOUBLE
DRAGON decided to tag team rape me in the theatres. No word yet on a release
date for HITMAN, but it is supposed to be
dropping into theatres sometime this year. And
hopefully if this flick does awesome in theatres it will lead to some progress
in a live action MEGA MAN movie.