The Hit
Ten years ago, ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former boss and moved to live in Spain, thinking that he can hide from the revenge. But one day, two hit-men appears and kidnap him, escorting him back to Paris. Now Willie has no way but to find his chance to escape in the long way, before receiving the ruthless vengeance at Paris.
24 May 1949, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
1945
1962, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
1952, Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK
27 February 1940, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
20 September 1917, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
22 July 1938, Stepney, London, England, UK
1939, London, England, UK
3 June 1943, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
14 May 1961, London, England, UK
18 June 1957, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
3 May 1955
5 November 1949, London, England, UK
10 March 1955, Madrid, Spain
5 November 1916, London, England, UK
27 November 1961, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
29 August 1959, Catalunya, Spain
27 December 1949, Madrid, Spain
19 May 1925, Bujalance, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain
1965, Madrid, Spain
April 06, 2009
transmits an alien grip on atmosphere and tone that keeps one enthralled even as it ponders the very basis of being
August 29, 2004
The film is not as good as the Eric Clapton music in the background.
June 14, 2009
'The Hit' gives the great Terence Stamp what is arguably his best role.
June 24, 2006
All in all, a very palpable hit.
July 29, 2009
Superb acting from Hurt and Stamp is enough to smooth over any rough patches.
August 30, 2004
These guys don't have to use guns. All they have to do is open their mouths and bore each other to death.
September 15, 2015
"The Hit" is something special: thoughtful, perfectly performed and carrying the clear stamp of an extremely interesting director.
May 11, 2009
really more of an exploration of the disjunction between exteriors and interiors, and while some may find it slow-going, those who see it for what it is will find it an intriguing portrait of human nature
July 06, 2010
Frears and writer Peter Prince have taken a potentially familiar tale of a gangland betrayal and revenge and made something richly inventive and most entertaining.
September 15, 2015
Besides having a superb screenplay, Frears is blessed, here, with an unparalleled cast. Both Hurt and Stamp are as good as they've ever been, while the very young Tim Roth makes a very promising debut.
September 15, 2015
It is a dexterously balanced killer thriller by the idiosyncratic Frears, whose every scene becomes a matter of life and death. A lighter clicks, a gun clicks; life or death, it all sounds the same.
