When did our professor get hot?
This is a query posed by one enterprising student in a psychology 101 seminar to another.
(although in those flicks he never was so cocksure while explaining the societal virtues in summary execution).
And honestly, you cannot help but feel like those surprised coeds.
Not in regard to realizing Powell is hot.
And if you feel that way, Linklaters film will insist it knows a guy.
His name is again Gary Johnson, an unassuming moniker for an unassuming man.
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Turns out that hes a natural.
Never has a citys underworld seemed quite so sunshiny golden.
And withHit Man, hes figured out how to turn a veritable film noir into a meet-cute comedy.
Or perhaps its of a femme fatale and her mark?
It is no surprise, then, thatHit Manhas been killing them for months on the festival circuit.
Toronto, New York, London.
Everywhere the films played, its left folks smiling and beguiled.
That most audiences will only now discover it on Netflix is therefore bittersweet.
But this really is a film meant to be seen with a group.
And perhaps some good pie.
Rating:
4 out of 5
