Favourite Hitman/Assasian Movies

jonno

Well what do ye rate as your all time favourites in this category (I know it's a pretty broad one but give it a shot)

Mine would include:

The Day of the Jackel
Enemy at the Gates
Leon
Grosse Point Blank
Nikita
Assasians (don't ask I just like it:( )

Manach

Gross Point Blank
The Replacement Killers
The Whole 9 yards

mooman_00

all of the above except assasins unless its the one with your wan fonda and gabreil byrne in it not the shiit film with stallone

Nemici

kind of in the assassin genre I would have to say the killer elite.

Robert Duvall and James Caan and directed by the crazy genius Sam Peckinpah (who likes his slo-mo)

some great one liners as well as ninjas. (if you like that sort of thing)

the celtic tiger

leon

jonno

Originally posted by mooman_00
all of the above except assasins unless its the one with your wan fonda and gabreil byrne in it not the shiit film with stallone

Your thinking of The Assassian, which is an English remake of Nikita.

It's the story that attracts me to Assassians (what more casn you expect from the Wachowski Brothers). I agree the cast wasn't up to scratch but Donner did a good job with a very good story

Clintons Cat

here's mine

Chow Yun Fat/John Woo "The Killer"
Aaron Kwock/Gordon Chan "2000 AD"
Daniel Wu/Teddy Chen "Purple Storm"
Jet Li/Tung Wai "Hitman"
Beat Takeshi "Boiling Point"
Calos Gallardo/Robert Rodrieguez "El Mariarchi"

yossarin

leon, before he got soft

Gross Point Blank is on tv tonight

Pugsley

Leon, without a doubt, superb film

patch

leon stands out. Grosse Point Blanke is one of the funniest movies ever!! -what time and what channel?

jonno

Net 2, at 21.30 hours

Byzantine

Yes...
It would prob be Edward Fox in The Day Of THe Jackal
or perhaps Ed Harris' Major Koenig In Enemy Of The Gates(a hitman of sorts?)

plastic membrane

The Day Of The Jackal is an excellent film. Just avoid the poo remake with Bruce Willis and Richard "Im a nice IRA terrorist with a bad accent" Gere.

patch

Originally posted by jonno
Net 2, at 21.30 hours

Groovy...... Haven't seen it in a while!!:)

Victor

Boiling Point
Enemy at the Gates
Léon
Grosse Pointe Blank
(La Femme) Nikita
The Replacement Killers
The Whole 9 yards
The Limey
Gangster No. 1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

There is also a French comedy along the lines of Léon which is absolutely hilarious, that I saw in the IFC, I can't remember the name. Not quite the same genre, but "The Way of the Gun". Also "Very Bad Things", "Bulworth" (other side of coin), Apocalypse Now (overall feel).

tman

Originally posted by mooman_00
all of the above except assasins unless its the one with your wan fonda and gabreil byrne in it not the shiit film with stallone

hard to believe that that was written by the wachowskis:(

leon & ghost dog are a couple of my faves...

Tusky

"Leon" and"Hitman" with jet lee, hilarious and some of the best fight scenes....classic !

Gaffo

I think El Mariachi has to be up there. I've never actually seen Leon so must go get it now.

The Whole Nine Yards was a great ''don't take it so seriously'' film. Really enjoyed that.

Ghost Dog

Victor

Originally posted by mooman_00
all of the above except assasins unless its the one with your wan fonda and gabreil byrne in it not the shiit film with stallone

Antonio Banderas: "I keel your brother, now I am going to eat you."

Karl Hungus

Leon is an absolutely masterpeice...

And The Killer with Chow Yun Fat.

Infinetly superior to the slop thrown out by John Woo these days.

Mac daddy

Leon great film, and there is this manga it is called golgo13 it is about a hitman, excellent film aswell. :ninja:

SCULLY

Gosse Point Blank and In The Line of Fire

Clintons Cat

Tom Berringer In The Sniper

Also what was that film set in Bosnia about two friends who were olympic marksmen and ended up as snipers on opposite sides during the civil war?'m sure It wasnt Welcome to Sarajavo,but thats all i keep coming up with when i try to recall its name