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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 09/29/1998 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV Audio Tracks: Cantonese, Mandarin Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Tai Seng Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Crime, Martial Arts, Crime Thriller, Buddy Film See Also: Contract Killer

The narrative of The Hitman unfolds following the assassination of a sleazy Japanese businessman in Hong Kong. Various groups come together at a meeting held by the administrators of the dead man's Revenge Fund, which offers a $100 million reward to find the killer. Fu (Jet Li), a penniless mainlander, walks into the meeting by accident and is taken under the wing of Ngok Lo, a smooth-talking agent for professional hit men who proposes Fu help him track down the killer. Some of the funniest scenes are when Ngok Lo buys Fu new clothes and coaches him in Hong Kong ways. Ngok's daughter, a young lawyer who is unhappy with her father's background, seems to fancy Fu. Fu and Ngok are busy trying to stay one step ahead of the psychotic son of the murdered man, who is also after the assassin -- a reputed mythical Killing Angel. A genre film reflecting the current zeitgeist in Hong Kong following the Chinese take over, The Hitman was screened as part of the International Forum of New Cinema section of the 49th Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide

Jet Li - Fu
Eric Tsang - Ngok Lo
Simon Yam - Kwan
Gigi Leung - Kiki
Keiji Sato - Eiji

Tung Wai directs international action superstar Jet Li in Hitman which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. Mandarin and Cantonese soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English and Chinese subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it difficult to recommend this disc to anyone other than a genre enthusiast. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide