{"id":130508,"date":"2024-06-10T15:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2040340"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:15:34","slug":"hit-man-gives-glen-powell-his-movie-star-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/hit-man-gives-glen-powell-his-movie-star-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hit Man\u2019 Gives Glen Powell His Movie Star Breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Linklater\u2019s \u201cHit Man\u201d is a delightful new comedy that he not only directed but also co-wrote and co-produced with his leading man, Glen Powell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Linklater, this is not in the same league as his masterpieces but another potent and surprising sleeper, similar to 2011’s \u201cBernie.”<\/p>\n

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For Powell, however, this is an arrival; Powell\u2019s dazzling performance is not only the best thing about this consistently funny quasi-true story, but it also surpasses his current movie star rising\/sex symbol status.<\/p>\n

Powell has a range, playfulness and vulnerability that is startling. I enjoyed his prior work but nothing he\u2019s done before is on this level of accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Based on an article by Skip Hollandsworth, \u201cHit Man\u201d stars Powell as Gary Johnson, a philosophy professor who, in his spare time, assists the local police department with their undercover stakeouts. Johnson aids a team of cops who are arresting suspects who believe they\u2019re hiring the services of a professional killer.<\/p>\n

Johnson is suddenly thrust out of the background and put front and center, pretending to be a hitman. Wearing a wire and taking on a different persona, Johnson allows those who summoned him to state their case. It turns out, to everyone\u2019s amazement, that Johnson is very good at this and has a gift for becoming whoever he needs to be for his job.<\/p>\n

When Johnson, taking on his strongest persona yet, intentionally botches the arrest of an abused wife (Adria Arjona), it is obvious to him and us that this is a turning point. The sequence shows where real moral compromise comes into his performances as moral-free contract killers.<\/p>\n

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The cleverly packaged, dialogue-driven screenplay matches the inventive and lively turn by Powell. Early on, I realized I was mesmerized by a two-hander scene with just two characters deep in conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHit Man\u201d is one of the few quotable movies of 2024. That should come as no surprise since Linklater also directed the \u201cBefore\u201d trilogy (1995-2013)<\/a> and other superb films (like \u201cWaking Life<\/a>\u201d and \u201cA Scanner Darkly\u201d) where the chatter pulls us in as much as the characters do.<\/p>\n

It’s to Linklater and Powell\u2019s credit that the scenes in the police station, which could just be exposition fodder, are among the funniest and most satisfying.<\/p>\n

I loved how unpredictable the third act is, which tightens the suspense, though Linklater never lets this get too dark. I mean this as a compliment: as a laid-back comedy about crime and having to play the right role, this reminded me of the tone and laugh ratio of \u201cMy Cousin Vinny\u201d (1992).<\/p>\n

As Oscar worthy as Powell and the screenplay is, I wish the concluding scenes weren\u2019t so pat. There had to be a less mainstream, everything-fits-together way of ending this. Like the last scene in Ridley Scott\u2019s fantastic \u201cMatchstick Men\u201d (2003), Linklater and Powell worried too much about giving the audience what it wants, instead of addressing the intriguingly knotty issues the story is constantly exploring.<\/p>\n

\u201cHit Man\u201d addresses the \u201crole\u201d we play in daily life, and how it doesn\u2019t always line up with the persona we sometimes take on when we\u2019re cornered. It says a lot about human behavior, but this is mostly about actors and what it means to give a persuasive performance.<\/p>\n

We see Johnson playing the Hit Man, but also being \u201chimself\u201d at his other job and alone at home. Which is the real Gary Johnson? The movie never tells us, though a funny postscript at the top of the end credits informs us just how much of the story is actually true.<\/p>\n

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Powell stood out in \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d<\/a> (which is a lot harder to do than it sounds), helped revitalize rom-coms in \u201cAnyone But You\u201d and has some tornado wrastlin\u2019 in his near future with \u201cTwisters.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s fine, but don\u2019t miss the opportunity to see him give one of the standout performances of 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cHit Man\u201d made a splash on the film festival circuit last year and is now on Netflix. Linklater has made punchier, more impactful works but this is a real discovery.<\/p>\n

Three Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Richard Linklater\u2019s \u201cHit Man\u201d is a delightful new comedy that he not only directed but also co-wrote and co-produced with his leading man, Glen Powell. For Linklater, this is not in the same league as his masterpieces but another potent and surprising sleeper, similar to 2011\u2019s \u201cBernie.\u201d For Powell, however, this is an arrival; Powell\u2019s \u2026<\/p>\n

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