The Big Hit (1998)
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Blistering performances.
I was shocked to see the rating for this movie, because I often cite it as the worst movie I have seen. There are some that might say I am taking it too seriously. Nonsense. I love satire. The script is horrible. It is not funny, it is not cute, it is not charming, it is just a waste of time.
When approaching this movie you must take a light hearted look at it. The Big Hit is not meant to be a serious movie and if taken as such then you probably won't enjoy it. Fortunately I read a few reviews of the movie before seeing it and I knew what to expect, so I am thus warning others. It is a great movie if you don't take it seriously, otherwise it sucks.The Big Hit is what I would term as a comic book movie. The title is drawn in a comic book style, the characters dress brightly and the scenes stand out. Bright colours are used in many parts of the movie making it stand out. The Big Hit is not a dark serious movie, it is light hearted and is incredibly funny if taken as such.The movie is about a hit man (Mark Whalberg) who is basically a nice person. He has two girlfriends who take advantage of him constantly. He is easily led and his partners are constantly worming him out of money. Then one of them decides to do a little job of his own and kidnaps the daughter of a failed filmmaker. As it turns out, the filmmaker is the friend of their boss (Robert Avery) and the nice hit-man is accused of being the mastermind behind the plot.I quite enjoyed the Big Hit. It has a satirical look at action movies, and then it is simply a good laugh with lots of action, and it is far from being slow.
I am shocked IMDb gave this a 5.1, this movie deserves MUCH higher and here is why, first of the action was quite brilliant, the gun slinging was great! The here and there comedy moments add ons they shot in the movie ended up being great laughter, in fact VERY good laugh, the acting is great no doubt, everyone played a nice role in a great story too, Mark Walberg and Lou Diamond Phillips were most certainly the best off course, great decision to put those 2 in the same movie and work together they make a great team, this movie deserves an 8 and not a 5, so give it a chance and shot, you will love this forsure, This is Mark Walberg at his best.
Why hit men Mark Wahlberg (Melvin Smiley), Lou Diamond Phillips (Cisco), Bokeem Woodbine (Crunch), and Antonio Sabato Jr. (Vince) are nearly naked in an early locker room scene in this dreadful movie is beyond me. Bokeem Woodbine has one up on his muscle-bound buddies: he's simply fascinated with the subject of masturbation; he's even the Customer of the Month at his local video store. "The Big Hit" never knows if it's a comedy, a parody, an action film, or a love story. The four genres, so mixed up, simply meld into one big mess. Christina Applegate (Pam Shulman) plays well as Mark Wahlberg's girlfriend; the only funny segment of this hopeless flick happens when her parents, the Shulmans (played by Lainie Kazan and Elliott Gould) come to visit. Melvin and Pam want the Shulmans' marriage blessing, but Melvin isn't Jewish, and that doesn't necessarily sit right for the Shulmans, especially Mr. Shulman, who has a rather interesting way of looking at things. Lainie Kazan and Elliott Gould breathed life into this dead zone (Elliott Gould looks pretty darned good); their appearance in this dull film upgraded the IMDb rating from a 1 to a 2.