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Hit Man is a 2023 American romantic black comedy film produced and directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glen Powell, based on the 2001 Texas Monthly magazine article by Skip Hollandsworth. The film stars Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, and Retta, and follows an undercover New Orleans police contractor who poses as a reliable hitman as he tries to save a woman in need.
Gary Johnson is a professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of New Orleans, while also working undercover with the New Orleans Police Department to assist in undercover sting operations. When Jasper, a fellow cop who portrays fake hitmen to solicit murder-for-hire confessions and payments from the suspects, is suspended, Gary is unwillingly ushered into the role.
Gary quickly finds himself to be a natural in garnering solicitations, going so far as to research suspects in advance and tailor a unique persona for each one. He adopts the persona of a man named Ron to garner a solicitation from a discontented married woman named Madison, who is trying to have her abusive husband killed. While conversing with Madison, Gary quickly becomes both sympathetic and attracted to her. When she attempts to pay Ron, he refuses the money and suggests she use that money to restart her life, much to the disappointment of Gary's coworkers, Jasper, Claudette and Phil. Gary begins a sexual relationship with Madison, but maintaining his Ron persona with her. She reveals she owns a gun, and Gary shows her how to use it and instructs her to shoot someone in the heart should she need to kill.
One night shortly after clubbing, Gary and Madison have a heated encounter with Ray, Madison's ex-husband, which ends with Gary pulling a gun to back him off. Later that night, while outside at a restaurant, the couple encounter Jasper, who is suspicious of them being together. Furious with Madison, Ray attempts to have her killed, unknowingly contacting Gary. Unable to research his suspect, Gary walks into the encounter blind, and improvises having their conversation with backs to each other. Gary reveals himself to Ray at the end of their conversation, who then rushes out and proclaims that he will kill her himself. Gary attempts to move Madison out of her house out of fear, but she does not believe Ray would do it. Gary is later called into work to discuss Ray's murder, much to Gary's shock; after hearing that he was shot in the heart with bullets belonging to a gun like Madison's, Gary deduces it was her, while his coworkers believes it was either her or a botched drug deal. He meets with Madison to discuss Ray's murder, which she admits to; this prompts him reveal that Ron and the hitman persona were made up, as he feared she would prefer the Ron to Gary.
After being kicked out by Madison, Gary returns to the police, who reveal their evidence on her is building after discovering Ray increased his life insurance policy before he died. Jasper suggests Gary try to solicit a confession out of her using the Ron persona, to which he agrees. Gary arrives at her house with a wire, and pretends to interrogate Madison while giving her acting cues typed in on his phone. They convince the police that she is innocent, but Jasper camps out and waits for Gary to return. Jealous that he took his job, Jasper demands Madison's newly inherited money from Ray's life insurance policy. Jasper quickly begins to pass out as Madison had drugged his drink, after which Gary suffocates him by tying a plastic bag over his head and plans to stage his death as a suicide. The story jumps forward several years later, depicting Gary and Madison now happily married with two children.
Before the 2022 Cannes Film Market, Hit Man was announced as a new film for sale internationally. The screenplay was based on "Hit Man", a Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth, and written by Richard Linklater and Glen Powell, who would also direct and star, respectively. Adria Arjona would also star.[5] AGC Studios reported strong sales for international distribution at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] Powell was joined by Austin Amelio, Retta, and Molly Bernard in October 2022.[7][8] Filming began in New Orleans in October 2022,[8][9] and production was completed that November.[10]
Hit Man had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2023.[11] It was followed afterward by its North American premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 11.[12] It also screened at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival on October 6, 2023.[13]
Netflix acquired distribution rights to the film for $20 million at TIFF, making it the largest film deal of the festival and of 2023, with plans for a theatrical release as well.[14] It was released in select theaters in the United States on May 24, 2024,[15] before streaming on Netflix starting on June 7, 2024.[16]
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