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The Hitman

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Police officer Cliff Garret (Chuck Norris), wounded in the line of duty, is on the edge of death. The Drug Enforcement Administration decides to use his perilous condition to their advantage -- publicizing Garret's death and, when he recovers, using the officer for an all-important undercover mission. Recast as hit man Danny Grogan, Garret is charged with bringing down Seattle kingpin Marco Luganni (Al Waxman). But Garret's life is put in danger when he runs into a face from the past.
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Steve Davis Austin Chronicle Rated: 1/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com Entertainingly bad. Rated: 6/10 Jan 24, 2007 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis The Hitman is Norris's attempt to do something darker, something riskier than he usually does. Rated: 5/10 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 1/5 Jul 5, 2005 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 1/5 May 20, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com One of Chuck's more generic efforts. Rated: 1/5 Jul 26, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jonathan O My god given this man some food! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/19/23 Full Review David W I'm obviously in the minority here but I regard this as one of Norris's best and definitely the best with his brother directing. An edgier movie than usual with Chuck playing a much darker kind of antihero. Ably assisted by a good supporting cast, I very much enjoyed my time with this. A good choice for a pizza and beer lads night action movie. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review Audience Member Stylish old school crime movie, where Chuck Norris tries to move away from the image of a karateman... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The Hitman (1991) ?? Norris goes undercover as a hit man to seek out his partner who double-crossed him in unbelievably jumbled (not to mention uninteresting) plotting. Bottom-of-the-barrel action fare, even for Chuck; don't look for this in AFI's Top 100. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A much more serious film for Chuck Norris. Some good action in this one. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm not very impressed with the camera work. This is a 1991 movie that has the camera quality of a 1970 movie. Furhtermore, most of the action scenes consist of of shots of pistol barrels going off. It's very awkward to watch. The plot is forgettable as well. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Police officer Cliff Garret (Chuck Norris), wounded in the line of duty, is on the edge of death. The Drug Enforcement Administration decides to use his perilous condition to their advantage -- publicizing Garret's death and, when he recovers, using the officer for an all-important undercover mission. Recast as hit man Danny Grogan, Garret is charged with bringing down Seattle kingpin Marco Luganni (Al Waxman). But Garret's life is put in danger when he runs into a face from the past.
Director
Aaron Norris
Producer
Don Carmody
Screenwriter
Robert Geoffrion, Galen Thompson
Production Co
Cannon Pictures Inc., Twilight Motion Picture Seven Ltd. Partnership
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 25, 1991, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.4M
Runtime
1h 35m
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