There's a lot of wishful thinking behind a title like The Big Hit. Mark Wahlberg plays a milquetoast member of a professional hit squad (led by Avery Brooks, which raises a couple of eyebrows when other characters are called Cisco - sic - Smiley, and Keiko) who gets caught up in a kidnapping when everything goes wrong. There always seems to be something wrong when a Hong Kong director is 'ported over to the United States, and in this case, Crime Story's Kirk Wong bookends his movie with high-octane, interestingly shot and choreographed action which are completely at odds with the sitcom humor of the middle part, which looks like slick, bright, pop-tuned faux-McG. Tellingly, the editor never seems to know how to get out of those moments properly to get back to the Fiasco-level crime plot. More a comedy with a couple of crazy (and long) action scenes than the opposite, the balance is more than a bit off. A lot of the comedy falls flat as a result, but I will admit the various shticks do eventually pay off and I came out of the final sequences having had a fun time.
Very funny - I don't know why it isn't better known. Perhaps the lack of good actors is the reason (that does not include the two leads - Mark and Christina).
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dpanter
Fun and entertaining, well worth watching.Siskoid
There's a lot of wishful thinking behind a title like The Big Hit. Mark Wahlberg plays a milquetoast member of a professional hit squad (led by Avery Brooks, which raises a couple of eyebrows when other characters are called Cisco - sic - Smiley, and Keiko) who gets caught up in a kidnapping when everything goes wrong. There always seems to be something wrong when a Hong Kong director is 'ported over to the United States, and in this case, Crime Story's Kirk Wong bookends his movie with high-octane, interestingly shot and choreographed action which are completely at odds with the sitcom humor of the middle part, which looks like slick, bright, pop-tuned faux-McG. Tellingly, the editor never seems to know how to get out of those moments properly to get back to the Fiasco-level crime plot. More a comedy with a couple of crazy (and long) action scenes than the opposite, the balance is more than a bit off. A lot of the comedy falls flat as a result, but I will admit the various shticks do eventually pay off and I came out of the final sequences having had a fun time.Joker of Gotham
Has some moments that are very funny3/5
johnnyg
Very guilty pleasureaussieflickfan
Very funny - I don't know why it isn't better known. Perhaps the lack of good actors is the reason (that does not include the two leads - Mark and Christina).Chaz
Awesome movie. Over the top and ridiculous carnage.