Hitman And Hitman: Agent 47 Both are becoming global hits on Netflix. Based on the video game series of the same name, the 2007 film follows Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, a professional hitman genetically engineered to be an assassin who is caught up in a political conspiracy and is pursued by multiple government agencies. A reboot, named Hitman: Agent 47Followed in 2015 with Rupert Friend taking over as the titular killer. Both adaptations of the video game received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audiences.
Now, Timothy Olyphant’s critically panned video game movie and its 2015 reboot have both become Netflix Fever. Hitman And Hitman: Agent 47 Ranked ninth and seventh on Netflix’s global top 10 for the week of September 23-29 with 3.1 and 3.5 million views and 4.9 and 5.6 million hours viewed respectively. The video game adaptations rank among American Assassin, singAnd Trolls On the lower half of the chart.
Like Hitman and Hitman: Agent 47 were received
They were received overwhelmingly negatively
HitmanDirected by Xavier Gens and written by Skip Woods, it garnered predominantly negative reviews for featuring an unfortunate mix of excessive violence, convoluted plot and pointless dialogue. While Its incoherent plot was a major source of criticismIt received some praise for Timothy Olyphant’s performance. generally, Hitman Has a terrible 16% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics and 57% from audiences. Nevertheless, the video game adaptation achieved box office success, earning over $101 million against its $24 million budget.
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Despite its box-office success, a sequel was scrapped during the film’s production due to its largely negative reception. Instead, it was finally succeeded by the reboot, Hitman: Agent 47In 2015 with Rupert Friend taking over the title role. Critics were even harsher on the reboot than the original movieClaiming it does not exceed the already low standard set by its predecessor, prioritizing a modern but empty mix of uninspired violence and product placement over exciting action. Rotten Tomatoes’ scores fell to 8% and 40%, even though it grossed $82 million worldwide on a $35 million budget.
Our take on Hitman & Hitman: Agent 47’s Netflix success
There are better video game adaptations to watch
The Hitman The video game franchise, developed by IO Interactive, is quite popular and generally well received, which may be contributing to the popularity of the movie adaptations on Netflix. However, there are simply better and more recent representations of what a video game movie can be, including some that are on Netflix. The reboot, released in 2015, was one of the last critical failures before the golden age of video game adaptations began in the late 2010s. Hitman And Hitman: Agent 47Both of which are widely panned, representing a worse era for video game movies.
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