With the end of the year getting closer, it’s time to look back at the movies that never got a proper look during release. This time around, it’s a British action film, of sorts, as the dissection looks back once again on the year 2013.
The Story
After a ruthless betrayal by his bosses, a hit man escapes to London, joins a new family, and gets caught in a vicious underworld power struggle.
The Cast
Luke Goss as Viktor, the titular Hitman and main focus of the story.
Danny Midwinter as Sergei, a mafia lieutenant and a teacher to Viktor
Caroline Tillette as Bethesda, a woman who Viktor runs into during his life.
Stephen Marcus as Traffikant, head of the Mafia.
The Dissection
It seems, sometimes, you can’t keep Luke Goss down. Most people here probably won’t know who he is, but he is one of those people who has established himself as a mainstay in the DVD market, and a bit of theatrical films, mostly involving make up by the truck load. Not bad for someone who starred in THE MAN.
Luke Goss is now starring in this film, INTERVIEW WITH A HITMAN, and gives Goss the lead,more or less, as it’s all about his character and his life between his childhood and the current day. It’s also an interesting framing of a story, although not entirely new, but still gives the film a nice twist of creativity to make it stand out a bit.
However, the is a big issue in the film, and it has to do with the audio. A lot of the film has poor quality audio, and it’s a pain to have a scene that involves a lot of dialog but most of it can’t be understood without the subtitle option turned on. Granted, the budget of this movie is not on the high end, but something like audio work and technicians should have been a first focus.
"God,'The Dead Undead', the hell was I thinking?"
Another issue reaches more into the climax. Not to go into too much details, but it stretches a bit too far at the end and kind of loses a step. It takes a solid concept and just makes it fall flat due to it. Yet, with even those issues, there’s a solid story here being told. The real issue is that the presentation is just kind of lacking overall.
For extras on the disc, they’re the same on either version. It’s just a making of feature and a trailer for the film.
The Verdict
The movie has a few issues that may cause some hesitation on possible viewers, but it’s worth a viewing. People with Netflix accounts can check it out on there, or on various instant streaming services. It’s an interesting film to say the least.