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Stephen Campbell

27Mar12

Great thriller from master director Stephen Frears

T. J. Harman

10Mar12

Like others have said below....really underrated. Terence Stamp welcomly less stoic then usual...he brought a lot to the car scenes. Hurt and Roth are great as well.

I am kind of in love with this movie right now. I can only hope that Criterion will bring this to Bluray sooner than later. Frears' best work, and the three leading men I don't think have ever been better.

Judicial Joe

9Oct11

Why this film doesn't get more love from Criterion buffs is beyond me - it's a great hit man film in the vein of LE SAMOURAI, THE KILLER and the non-Criterion THE AMERICAN. Definitely the best work Frears has done, and the three male leads couldn't be better cast.

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Grasshopper

18Sep11

Love Terence Stamp in this.

Blake Barrington Ellis

25Jul11

Weird little existential comedy.

akjakj

17Jul11

Just watched this with my father. He wasn't so impressed, but I enjoyed it enough to think it was worth my time. It's pretty clear cut, but the whole existential death blah blah was introduced rather abruptly and then we might have been lead to think that this pondering on death was what the film was actually about. Whatever. Enjoyable enough, worth watching.

Charles Deckert

14May11

I enjoyed the film - especially the performances of Hurt, Stamp, Roth and del Sol all around - but I'm rather disappointed with the ending which, as well staged and elaborated as it is, feels thumbtacked upon the flow of the story (felt like something else should've happened rather than a violent breakdown). That and the appearances of Eric Clapton and Fernando Rey are all too fleeting to be fully appreciated.

Publius

24Mar11

For anyone interested, this movie is now available on blu ray in Italy.

Roberto Russo

22Jan11

I didn't expect this to be so funny, clever, existential and heartbreaking. Brilliant film

rowdyman

31Oct10

Great, thoughtful, gangster film – almost strange to call it a "gangster" flick because it's a lot more than that. John Hurt, Terence Stamp and Tim Roth are all excellent. Stamp in particular is amazing.

StellaWasaDiver

31Aug10

Great cast, score, scenery, dialogue, etc.

Silenzio

20Jun10

A superb unusual film, excellent cast.

Nosada

12Apr10

Highly entertaining gangster flick.

traag-1

15Feb10

some fine gangster thug acting but i found it mostly uneventful at times...Terrance Stamp is incredible.

Gary Wood

23Jan10

If nothing else, The Hit proves that an action film need not be mindless to be exciting and entertaining. An argument that could be made, that Stephen Frears' The Hit is not only one of the most unusual and original action films of the 1980's, but one of the very best action films, period. Read more: http://british-films.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_hit_1984