Hitman to kill box office?

I love Agent 47. In his black suit, red tie and obligatory dark glasses, that no self respecting hitman should ever be without, he oozes cool. He's cool even if he does have a head shinier than polished 70's disco ball and a barcode on the back of his neck. He's uber cool.

I first experienced the delights of 47 in Hitman 2 on the Gamecube. The very first level, set at the Mafia Don's home in Sicily, impressed me so much that I immediately restarted the game on the hardest setting. I wanted this game to last as long as possible - it was Christmas 2003 and I finally completed the game in February 2004. I enjoyed Hitman 2 so much that I bought a copy of the original game for the PC and played that all the way through too. There have a been a few more games for Agent 47 and each one has been to the very same high standard. Agent 47 has yet to put one of his stealthy feet wrong. That might be about to change though.

On 30th November this year Agent 47 is coming to a cinema near you.

This could be 47's most dangerous mission yet. It is highly likely that he, like many videogame movies before him, will be caught, publicly flogged and consigned to a quick DVD release before living out his days consigned to the bargain buckets of your local DVD shop. This could indeed be a very, VERY bad move for 47. He's going to need all his wits, sneaky hiding in the shadows skills, big guns and a big director

Wits? CHECK! Sneaky hiding in the shadows skills? CHECK! Big guns? Are you kidding? Big Director? Director? Anyone? Think you can guess who it is? Go on, there isn't much choice for videogame movie directors is there. Got it? Uwe Boll? No. Paul W.S. Anderson? Nope. It's Xavier Gens. Who? Exactly!

He's French. Lets try not to hold that against him yet. He's made such well known films as Frontière and..... that's about it. He does have a lot of experience screen writing, producing and being an assistant director and you know what I'm actually feeling quite positive about this film. All the usual game to film crap is missing including the usual directors. It's slightly worrying that this film has crept onto the radar just before it's iminent release but I remain optimistic. Coming from a guy that quite liked DOOM, Resident Evil and Aliens vs Predator that isn't saying a lot but what do we really expect from a film like this? It's never going to be a huge hit nor is it going to be an Oscar nominee and we don't want an overly complicated intricate story. We want to see a fun movie. A take your brain out, blow shit up, fun movie. And all of that is guaranteed.

Would you admit to liking a videogame movie? Alone in the Dark, Street Fighter, perhaps DOA? Come and confess to Gameov3r on his FORUM He likes blowing shit up too. Just don't mention the microwave.