FILM
HIT MAN
RICHARD LINKLATER AND GLEN POWELL IN: MURDER, THEY WROTE
Steamy times for Gary and Madison;
Gary in his day job, as a teacher; Police co-workers Jasper (Austin Amelio),
Phil (Sanjay Rao) and Claudette (Retta) sit down on the job.
★★★★
OUT NOW / 7 JUNE (NETFLIX) / CERT 15 / 115 MINS
DIRECTOR Richard Linklater
CAST Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Retta, Austin Amelio
PLOT When a professor (Powell) starts acting as a fake hitman, he gets a little too invested in his role — and one of his clients (Arjona).
IT’S TAKEN A while for Glen Powell to truly step into the spotlight. After popping up in the likes of Hidden Figures, Set It Up and Everybody Wants Some!! (the last his first collaboration with Richard Linklater), it was 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick that saw him really take flight, giving an unforgettably hissable-yet-heroic performance as Lt Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin. Major turns have come since —box-officebusting romcom Anyone But You and another aviation adventure, Devotion —but it is with Hit Man that Powell announces himself as a movie star and a filmmaking force to be reckoned with.