That teaser poster reminds me of the GTA logos... I don't like...
I personally am really looking forward to Hitman, I've heard so many complaints which really do not bother me to think this film will suck...
Statham could
never play 47, even if he wasn't in the Transporters or Crank. He definitly has the look, but he'd have so much trouble with the dialogue, his english accent is too thick, they'd have to dub his voice... It's too bad Bateson didn't get the role, 47 was based on Bateson from the second game onwards, 47 is what he is bcos of Bateson, but yes he is getting old, I'm sure this isn't the first time an actor was perfect but too old for a role...
Olyphant doesn't look cold enough: This coming from about 50 seconds of footage from a 1.5 - 2 hour film, I'm glad he doesn't look too cold or bad ass or whatever, it works in a videogame (I have played all of them by the way) but in a film, if this assassin always looks so menacing & cold, thats gonna attract unwanted attention, great assassin's can blend with a crowd, its bad enough that he's bald (shaved in this case), mostly wears a black suit with a red tie & has a barcode on the back of his head...
Some complaints I've heard are just so funny, the best one from another forum being "Glocks!! when did Hitman use silent glocks!! this film's gonna suck!!" & it turned out they were talking about the logo for the film, now anyone can tell that those are just graphics for the logo, jeeze!!...
One of the best things about the teaser is when he comes through the entrance of the bathroom, it just looks like he's gonna shoot them, but watching it in 480p, you can see that he's holding a syringe in his mouth... Now that's great!! Link to the HD trailers here
http://www.filmick.co.uk/2007/06/direct-download-links-for-hd-versions.html
I read a very in depth summary of the script, which spoiled alot for me, but has restored if not raised my faith in this film, I won't spoil it for you guys, but this film isn't set from the beginning of Hitman's mytho & is a totally new story incorporating different elements & missions from all the games, which was a good move, as I believe games to films can be very hard to do, seeing as most games are 10+ hours & squeezing that into 2 hours & keeping everyone happy is just not possible... you can complain saying Silent Hill was great, but that was a mixture of 2 - 3 games & not just 1...
From what I've read it definitly will not be a popcorn flick, there's alot of violence, not just killing & shooting, but also scenes of torture & rape, so I don't see this being your average action movie. This film is being made for the fans as well as people that will b unfamiliar with the hitman world, it's not being made for fanboys which I'm glad about! The story is very well done, definitly suits the character of 47... The love interest thing is interesting, she's similair to Mei-Ling/Lei-Ling from the mission lee-hong assassination in the Codename:47 & Contracts games, but instead of 47 having her with him for a little while, he drags her along, & NO it's not because he's falling for her!! *sigh* alot of people have made terrible assumptions about it but I kno they will definitly enjoy that storyline...
The ending was one of the best things, it was just a great way of summing up who & what 47 is, & the fact that the director is going to make the ending more darker has shocked me as I thought the ending was dark enough already... None of the flashbacks of his "engineering" were in the script, the director is adding them to make 47 much more mysterious, I don't think that his whole origin will be explained as thats not what the story is about but little tidbits of his origin will definitly work, I'm sure this is being done so that if they make a sequel, more will be uncovered about his past which will keep his character fresh in a sense even though he's not changing...
All in all I can't wait for this film, I am worried about what Olyphant will sound like as 47, I'm hoping he doesn't put too much emotion into his voice & also that he doesn't put no emotion in his voice like Neo in Reloaded/Revolutions, 47 is human after all, he does have feelings, but he can supress them no matter what, but until October comes I'll be wondering what updates will hit the official website!..
