
In the present day, Interpol agent Mike Whittier ( Dougray Scott) arrives home and is met at gunpoint by Agent 47. Inside a heavily guarded facility, a group of young boys are given tattoos of bar codes on the backs of their shaved heads and are then trained in weapons, demolitions, unarmed combat, stamina, and strength to become professionally trained hitmen who operate around the globe. A sequel was canceled during the film's production, but it was eventually followed by the reboot Hitman: Agent 47 in 2015. Despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics, it was a box office success, grossing $101.3 million against its $24 million budget. Dougray Scott and Olga Kurylenko star in supporting roles.Īn international co-production between France, the United States and the United Kingdom, Hitman was released by 20th Century Fox in the US on November 21, 2007, followed by the UK on November 30 and France on December 26. He becomes ensnared in a political conspiracy and finds himself pursued by both Interpol and the FSB. The film stars Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47, a professional hitman engineered to be an assassin by the Organization. Hitman is a 2007 action-thriller film directed by Xavier Gens, based on the video game series of the same name.
