With two lackluster film adaptations under its belt, the cinematic future of the Hitman franchise doesn’t look very bright. Neither the Timothy Olyphant film from 2007 nor the Rupert Friend vehicle from 2015 could overcome the seemingly insurmountable video game curse, with Hitman earning a mere 14 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and Hitman: Agent 47 failing to break into double digits with a mere 8 percent.
That Hitman could fail so monumentally twice is somewhat baffling. As a video game franchise, the series feels ripe for a solid and faithful adaptation and it seems, from the outside anyway, fairly easy to accomplish. The bald-headed Agent 47 is one ...
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