A Masterpiece!

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Allan works at a major corporation as an engineer but things are not going so well for him as it is not getting the promotion it deserves and it's received by another employee who is not as experienced as he is and is in the company shortly. But that's not all, he has trouble in love life because his wife cheated on him with his best friend. Going out in town he goes to a bar to drown his sorrows and meets Jonas here which he will find out that he is a hit man but Allan did not believe him and to prove him that he tells the truth, says to make a list of five people he wants dead. How Allan thinks it's a joke, he makes the list and the next day finds that his boss is dead and now trying to save the lives of others before Jonas to reach them.The Hit List is a mediocre film, devoid of action, the actors are trying to make up the good work to keep the audience in suspense while Cuba seems bored and fails to remove the film from monotony. Even so worth seeing once.

I would have never thought I would see a movie like this. The whole dying hit man picking a random victim/protégée must have taken a lot of thought. I also was amazed that in the end of the story Allan finally kills Jonas. This doesn't seem like something a hit man would do, they usually are in movies as being cold and heartless. In this movie, the directors break the stigma of the ruthless hit man and show that in his dying moments, as insane as he becomes, he want to teach someone a lesson, and end up helping them. Jonas basically reunites Allan with his wife, takes care of his debts, and shows him to not let people step on him. I thought it was intriguing that in the bar scene, Jonas was drinking water instead of alcohol, like I assumed someone would do if they learned they were dying. Jonas seemed like he took his denial of death out by breaking his murderous lifestyle, and trying to make a "friend" in Allan, as morphed as his meaning to that term was. This movie spawned many relatable quotes, and overall was 8/10.

Allen (Campbell) doesn't believe that Jonas (Gooding, Jr) is a hit man. So Jonas tells Allen to write 5-names on a list of those he wishes dead. He does this and soon realizes he made a very big mistake. I don't understand why Cuba Gooding Jr goes for these dark, really dark stories, but it's been that way since he was in Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men and Men of Honor. Now, some may ask why I seem to be attracted to these dark movies. Good point. I like Hit Man movies, but was not prepared for this one (who is?) and also, there is nothing else out there at this time. Also, the holidays put all my TV shows into re-runs and what's a person to do?But, Gooding is always excellent and yes, of Oscar caliber, but these dark movies won't get him to any Oscar nomination, in my opinion. It is what it is and we have to deal with it (if we watch).This turns into a thriller frenzy as Allen tries to stop Jonas from completing the list. Good action stunts and perhaps some CGI, but that was difficult to tell. The acting by all is very good, the story is certainly different, and you won't be bored. Rating 6/10.Violence: Yes. Sex: No, we see a make-out session that was supposed to lead to Sex, but……. Nudity: No. Language: Yes.

A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.The plot is interesting, but not very realistic as the director tries to convince us that someone can offer to kill anyone for nothing without any shred of emotions or regrets, just for the sake of fun. I agreed with one of the reviewer that Gooding is simply unconvincing as a ruthless hit- man...Overall good acting, but very unrealistic movie. I'd say 6/10.