{"id":118,"date":"2013-06-07T00:19:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T00:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=118"},"modified":"2013-08-25T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T16:23:34","slug":"interview-with-a-hitman-2012-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"Interview With a Hitman (2012) – Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Interview With a Hitman”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The framework for the movie is a man being filmed, while telling the story of his life as an assassin to a filmmaker, who is trying to revive his career.\u00a0 This is the story of Viktor. \u00a0 From the slums of Romania to London, England, his tale is full of violence, death, betrayal, love, and ultimately having to face the consequences of his past choices and actions.<\/p>\n

Luke Goss did an outstanding job as a stone-cold assassin in this low budget, British, action\/thriller.\u00a0 Most of what I’ve seen of his work, thus far, is action flicks (Death Race 2 & 3, Blade 2, Hellboy 2, The Dead Undead) and he doesn’t disappoint. \u00a0 Elliot Green, as young Viktor, was truly amazing as a youthful version of our sociopathic protagonist.\u00a0 He convincingly expressed so much simply with body language,\u00a0 something I’ve watched adults unable to aptly convey.\u00a0 Danny Midwinter’s performance as Sergei, Viktor’s mentor, made the character come to life.\u00a0 Where Goss had to keep a cold, nearly emotionless presence, Midwinter’s Sergei was full of anger, sadness, greed, pride, (and however sick and twisted) happiness.\u00a0 Also worth mentioning for their performances, Patrick Lyster, as Xavier, the interviewer with a secret, and Stephen Marcus, as Traffikant, the boss who’ll do whatever he must to protect his son.<\/p>\n

There is much to praise about first time writer, director, producer, Perry Bhandal’s film.\u00a0 The writing is mostly solid and the film is beautifully shot, with a few very memorable scenes.\u00a0\u00a0 The title character and his mentor are charismatic, the supporting cast is engaging.\u00a0 There were some issues with sound, mostly during the “interview” scenes, which took me out of the movie, but that may have been intentional.\u00a0 When the love interest, Bethesda,\u00a0 is introduced marks where I begin to have issues with the actual story.\u00a0 It follows logically that Viktor is ready for a life change, based on how the story has progressed.\u00a0 Once Bethesda enters the story, much of Viktor’s life with her is either glossed over or glimpsed in flashback form, too many flashbacks for my taste.<\/p>\n

Although this isn’t my usual preference in film, it’s a bit serious and more urban drama than I typically like, I did enjoy it. \u00a0 I gave this 2 1\/2 glasses of wine.
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