Hitman was actually much better than I expected based on the wide range of negative reviews I saw when it was in theaters. I would even go so far as to say this is one of the better video game adaptations I have seen and that many of the criticisms of the movie would apply directly to the source material as well.

I have played through and generally enjoyed all of the Hitman games, but the plots of the games frequently don’t quite make sense and do have you following an emotionless cloned assassin. This translates to a movie that has some plot holes and weird turns with a main character who is emotionless and somewhat uninteresting. That said I think Timothy Olyphant does a good job and was a pretty good fit for the stern and introverted Agent 47. The plot fits with the plots of several of the games: 47 assassinates someone, it turns out he has been set up by a conspiracy there is a conspiracy that is now out to eliminate him, 47 must kills more people and the assassins sent to dispatch him to resolve things. I enjoy how the movie kind of fits with the different ways a person might choose to play through the games: sometimes 47 eliminates people with stealth and subtlety, sometimes he mows them down in elaborate gun fights. I thought this was nice in reflecting the different aspects of the game, but in a movie it basically makes the character feel inconsistent and poorly developed.

Overall not nearly as bad as I had expected and pretty good as far as video game adaptations go.