The Big Hit

1998

Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller

33
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 41% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 31419 31.4K

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Plot summary

Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.


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Bokeem Woodbine as Crunch
Mark Wahlberg as Melvin Smiley
Christina Applegate as Pam Shulman
Elliott Gould as Morton Shulman
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kittiwake-1 8 / 10

watch it for fun

There are some movies that you just watch to relax and enjoy some great one-liners, and some movies you watch for the hilarious plot. This is one of both of those types of movies. A situational dark comedy, watch this one when you just want entertainment that makes you laugh. This is the story of a hit-man who is trying to get ahead by doing the dirty work all of his friends create. Turns out he is very talented at what he does. If you would like to see Mark Wahlberg in an early role, I'd recommend this one. He plays the straight-man so well. The characters are so well-casted. I enjoyed the humor. To like this one, you can't take life too seriously. If you've ever seen "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", this has similar humor, but it's like "L, S and TSB" on Prozac. Tame enough for most of your friends, but still funny enough to get a belly-laugh. I bought it sight-unseen and have been very happy with it!

Reviewed by =G= 6 / 10

Hitman with a heart

Wahlberg plays a contract killer who wants no more than to be liked in "The Big Hit"; a solid three star flick which features good action, stunts, pyro, CGI, camera work, etc. Protag Wahlberg juggles two difficult girl friends, a double cross, and a cute kidnapee (Chow) with the demands of his profession in this not-to-be-taken-seriously film with a spritz of romance. A fun and kinetic watch for those into the crime/action/comedy/romance genre mix. (B-)

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 5 / 10

Action with a Chinese flavour

At first glance, THE BIG HIT looks to be an ensemble action comedy, in which a team of kidnappers pick on the wrong target and soon find themselves victims of the Mob. Look a little closer and you'll see that Hong Kong director Kirk Wong (CRIME STORY) helmed it and John Woo executive produced; this then is an American film with a distinctly Chinese flavour.

That flavour is present in the style and execution of the action sequences, which contain the kind of stunts and situations familiar from both the knockabout '80s comedies starring Jackie Chan and the harder-hitting gun films of John Woo. Certainly, watching Mark Wahlberg jumping onto chandeliers, flying in the air, and spinning on railings makes for unique spectacle, even if it is incredibly cheesy for the unsuspecting viewer.

The script is one of those efforts brimming with snappy dialogue and adult humour, the kind that became exceptionally popular after the success of PULP FICTION. The casting director has had a field day, drawing in the likes of Bokeem Woodbine, Lou Diamond Phillips, Elliott Gould and many others to play the larger-than-life characters. It's occasionally funny and often mildly entertaining, although not the big hit that the title would have you believe; watchable if nothing else.

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