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The Big Picture Hit Man, the latest film by director Richard Linklater and A-List star Glen Powell, is a rare gem of a release that's currently riding high on Netflix. Balancing the understated qualities of Linklater’s films like Boyhood with the outgoing charisma of its heartthrob lead, the movie follows a fictionalized account of the life of Gary Johnson, an undercover police operative who poses as a series of hit men in order to extract confessions from would-be homicidal clients.
Hit Man RActionCrime 810 Inspired by an unbelievable true story, a strait-laced professor discovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man. He meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities. Hollandsworth’s article explains that Johnson was shot during an arrest in 1986, receiving wounds to his left leg and incapacitating the highly successful operative for a week. In a separate incident approximately a decade later, Johnson’s undercover persona worked a little too well.
Linklater and Powell Reinvent the Saddest Parts of Gary Johnson's Personal Life Close Most of Hit Man takes inspiration directly from the absurd circumstances of Gary Johnson’s real stings, with the movie making alterations only to fit its entertaining narrative.
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