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The Big Hit
MEANRANK
55/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 31, highest is Kinopoisk on 68. Critics average 36, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung
- Writer
- Ben Ramsey
- Released
- 24 April 1998
- Country
- United States, Hong Kong
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $27.0M
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