Due to a high volume of active users and service overload, we had to decrease the quality of video streaming. Premium users remains with the highest video quality available. Sorry for the inconvinience it may cause. Donate to keep project running.
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our servers. We hope to have this resolved soon. This issue doesn't affect premium users.
Get Premium
Watch on MixDrop/MyStream
The Hit
Description
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.
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.
Actors:
Camilo Vilanova,
Fernando Rey,
John Hurt,
Mikel Garmendia,
José Luis Fernández Pirri,
Manuel de Benito,
Albie Woodington
Camilo Vilanova
Fernando Rey
20 September 1917, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
John Hurt
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Mikel Garmendia
1945
José Luis Fernández Pirri
1965, Madrid, Spain
Manuel de Benito
Albie Woodington
1952, Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK
Country:
United Kingdom
Keywords:
#A.J. Clarke #Central Productions Ltd. #Freddie Stuart #Ralph Brown #Recorded Picture Company (RPC) #Stephen Frears #Zenith Entertainment
COMMENTS (0)
Sort by
Newest
Newest
Oldest
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
New York Times
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.
Filmcritic.com
April 06, 2009
transmits an alien grip on atmosphere and tone that keeps one enthralled even as it ponders the very basis of being
September 15, 2015
"The Hit" is something special: thoughtful, perfectly performed and carrying the clear stamp of an extremely interesting director.
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.