Hit Man (2023) on Netflix
Gary Johnson, a psychology and philosophy professor in New Orleans, also works for the police, posing as a fake hitman in sting operations. When a detective is suspended, he takes over.
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- Rotten Tomatoes95%
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Plot summary
When the undercover detective Jasper is suspended for brutality, the department pushes Gary Johnson, a New Orleans professor of psychology and philosophy who also does contract work for the police, into the role of fake hitman. Gary poses as a hitman for hire so the police can catch people trying to arrange murders, and he proves good at it, researching each suspect and tailoring a distinct persona for every sting. Playing a confident man called Ron, he meets Madison, a discontented married woman who wants her abusive husband killed. Gary feels sympathy and attraction toward her and refuses her money, telling her to use it to start her life over, which disappoints Jasper and his colleagues Claudette and Phil.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hit Man (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's premise comes from the true story of Gary Johnson, a college professor who worked for Houston police in the late 1980s and 1990s pretending to be a contract killer; he died in 2022 and the end credits are dedicated to him, 1947-2022.
- Netflix paid $20 million at the Toronto International Film Festival for distribution rights to Hit Man across the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and many other territories, the largest film deal of the festival and of 2023.
