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4	''Hitman Agent 47'' is a 2015 American-German action film directed by Aleksander Bach and written by Skip Woods (who also wrote the original ''{{Film/Hitman}}'' film) and Michael Finch. It is based on the ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' video game series, developed by IO Interactive, and its main character, a mysterious assassin known only as Agent 47.
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6	Agent 47 (Creator/RupertFriend) teams up with a woman named Katia van Dees (Creator/HannahWare) to help her find her father and uncover the secrets of her past. Together, they aim to take down the leader of Syndicate International, a {{MegaCorp}} based in Singapore. Along the way, they must contend with a superhuman killer named John Smith (Creator/ZacharyQuinto) and a small army of goons.
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8	It was released on August 21, 2015.
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10	!!Tropes in this film:
11	* ActionSurvivor: Katia is this as her superpower. She's inhumanly capable of surviving. Fighting? Not so much. Until later in the movie, at least.
12	* AdaptationalBadass: John Smith, if he's meant to be Agent Smith from the games. Also a case of AdaptationalVillainy. He's also a far more effective opponent to 47 than [[spoiler: Mark Parchezzi III]], the other character from the games he seems to be based off of, ever got to be (due to gameplay limitations).
13	* AdaptationalHeroism:
14	** Doctor Litvenko is a substitute for Doctor Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer. Ort-Meyer was an evil MadScientist. Doctor Litvenko is not. Also qualifies as an AdaptationalNameChange.
15	** Agent 47 seems to be helping Katia because he remembers her from his childhood. [[spoiler: He was actually contracted to kill her father.]]
16	* AdaptationalVillainy: John Smith, if he's meant to be Agent Smith from the games, and [[spoiler:Diana Burnwood]], who attempts to have 47 assassinated at the end of the movie.
17	* AmbiguousSituation: Is 47 honestly trying to help Katia [[spoiler:or is she just a means to an end to kill Litvenko]]? Is his second target [[spoiler:Litvenko or Katia?]]
18	* AndTheAdventureContinues: The ending of the movie has 47 and Katia facing [[spoiler:Agent 48]].
19	* ArcWords: "It's what you do which defines you."
20	* ArmorIsUseless: Averted to an extent. Normal body armor is useless but John Smith's subdermal armor shrugs off pretty much everything, including a knife through the shoulder and gunshot wounds at point blank range.
21	* BadassAbnormal: Agent 47, of course, is this. So is Katia, [[spoiler: a.k.a 90]]. John Smith turns out to be one, as well, though of a different sort.
22	* BadassBoast: The opening target talks about how he managed to take down an Agent after four weeks of searching for him. It was the finest achievement of his career. [[spoiler: It doesn't help him.]]
23	* ChekhovsGun:
24	** [[spoiler: "Bombs."]]
25	** For that matter, [[spoiler: the child's inhaler.]]
26	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Katia, once she remembers 47 from the Asylum, wants this. Agent 47 shows no sign of reciprocating.
27	* CompositeCharacter:
28	** John Smith has the name and CIA affiliation of Agent Smith from the video games, though other than that he seems to actually be a version of [[spoiler: 47's EvilCounterpart Mark Parchezzi III, aka the Albino, from ''Blood Money''; he's a "failed experiment" of the Syndicate created from their attempts to create their own Agent, considers himself TheRival to 47 and wants to prove himself as the truly superior supersoldier, and has a penchant for white suits. He even gets white hair in TheStinger after reviving from being electrocuted]].
29	** At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Diana is implied to have turned on 47, as evidenced by the scene where 48 arrives to kill him. This plot point is lifted wholesale from the ending of ''VideoGame/HitmanCodename47'', where it was Ort-Meyer who turned on 47 and sent in an army of 48 clones to kill him]].
30	* ConsummateLiar: Both 47 and John Smith never convey any sign they're telling lies, even though both lie constantly.
31	* ConsummateProfessional: Agent 47, of course.
32	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Le Clerq runs a {{MegaCorp}} as well as TheSyndicate.
33	* {{Cyborg}}: John Smith is one. He possesses subdermal titanium armor grafted to his skeleton via nanotech--in other words, he's bulletproof.
34	* DeadpanSnarker: Half of 47's lines in dialogue with Katia consist of snark, and when he isn't answering verbally, [[SilentSnarker his facial expressions do the job just as well]].
35	* TheDragon: John Smith is almost as lethal as Agent 47.
36	* DressingAsTheEnemy: During his escape from the police station, 47 pilfers a guard uniform, then does the same to a soldier who sought to question him as he was leaving the building.
37	* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: When Smith has 47 cornered, Katia shoots at him and apparently misses. When Smith tries to berate her for it, it's revealed she hit the protective glass between him and a running jet engine...
38	* FatalFlaw: John Smith wants to prove himself better than 47, even giving up a chance to kill 47 just to force 47 to admit to being inferior. [[spoiler:47 ultimately uses this against him, as John Smith's boasts of superiority also tell 47 how to kill the otherwise invulnerable man.]]
39	* GunKata: A staple of the Agents, as shown by 47's first action sequence.
40	* GunsAkimbo: Agent 47 proves to be a master of this when the time comes, though the movie shows he prefers to deal with things via stealth as well as traps.
41	* HelicopterBlender: A helicopter is flown inside a building and blends plenty of furniture and at least one bad guy. Notably, it gets thoroughly wrecked in the process.
42	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Played with as Agent 47 is, of course, the good guy in the movie but Katia has no reason to trust the bald man in the imposing black suit over the casually dressed and more approachable John Smith. Naturally, John Smith is the villain while 47 is nominally the good guy.
43	* HostageForMacguffin: Notably averted. Litvenko is threatened with death if he doesn't give the BigBad what he wants; he refuses. Said enemy then threatens to take his daughter, but Litvenko knows they don't have her. Then the BigBad promises that he'll leave the daughter in peace if Litvenko complies, with the implication that he'll kill her if he doesn't. Litvenko ''still'' refuses, knowing that giving him what he wants will cause far more death and suffering.
44	* IAmNotLeftHanded: In his first fight with 47, John Smith gets beaten down pretty easily. When he's revealed as the villain, it's clear he was holding back and is actually much tougher, enough that 47 can't overpower him in a straight fight.
45	* ImplacableMan:
46	** John Smith doesn't look it, but he is.
47	** 47, of course, is this in spades.
48	* LightIsNotGood: John Smith initially wears dark clothing when the audience is supposed to think he's the protagonist, but switches to a near-white suit after he's revealed as a villain.
49	* ManipulativeBastard:
50	** John Smith preys on Katia's fear in order to make him trust him. He's actually out to find her father to have him make his employer an army of super-soldiers.
51	** Agent 47 proves to be this as well. [[spoiler: It's entirely possible he played Katia the same way as Smith to kill her father.]]
52	* MeaningfulName: Katia's name [[spoiler: is actually a misspelling of the French word for Ninety.]]
53	-->[[spoiler: '''47:''' Your name isn't "Katia van Dees", it's "Quatre Vingt-Dix".]]
54	* MegaCorp: Subverted by Syndicate International. While they have a massive skyscraper in Singapore, it's stated they're on the verge of bankruptcy due to how much effort they've put into their super-soldier program.
55	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Doctor Litvenko conducted inhuman and evil trials. [[spoiler: He decided they were too evil and fled with his family.]]
56	* MsFanservice: Katia swims around in a pool on the rooftop of the hotel she and 47 are staying at....for literally no reason.
57	* MythologyGag:
58	** The Agent deployed to [[spoiler: hunt down 47 and Katia at the end of the movie]] is Agent 48, who in the games was the final boss of the first ''Hitman'' game, ''VideoGame/HitmanCodename47'', a "superior" clone created by 47's creator intended to be a replacement for 47, due to 47 having an unacceptable amount of free will.
59	** The movie's producer has confirmed that John Smith is actually intended to be a version of [[spoiler: Mark Parchezzi III, aka the Albino, 47's EvilCounterpart from ''Blood Money'', as confirmed by TheStinger where he revives with white hair and white eyes (which would necessitate the need for sunglasses to blend in)]].
60	** Instinct is depicted as heightened sounds and vision that allows Katia to hear and see things from far away as if she's in the same room as the sound. While this is a very realistic take on the mechanic, none of the Hitman games allow for this ''specific'' setup, only NPC and target actions through walls can be seen via silhouettes, and not heard. Even more confusingly, 47 does not appear to have this ability, despite having it in the games.
61	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: John Smith]] survives his electrocution, becoming what is meant to be [[spoiler:Mark Parchezzi III from ''Blood Money'']].
62	* ObviouslyEvil: Agent 47 comes off as this to Katia, and it's even invoked by John to turn her against him during their first meeting. He should really work on his appearance.
63	* PlayfulHacker: You wouldn't think it, but 47 proves to be one of these. He enjoys killing people with computers in delightfully silly ways.
64	* ProfessionalKiller: Naturally. Though, this time, it doesn't seem to be why 47 is doing this. [[spoiler: Except, it actually is.]]
65	* RaceLift: The Caucasian Diana Burnwood is played by Chinese actress Angelababy. Her accent and her dress sense are the only connections she has to the Diana fans know from the games, and here she's ''much'' more ruthless-sounding.
66	* SherlockScan: Agents, as well as Katia, all possess this as one of their basic abilities.
67	* TheStinger: [[spoiler: John Smith]] revives from being electrocuted, now with white hair and white eyes.
68	* TheStoic: Agent 47 displays no real emotions except when talking about parenthood and sacrifice, [[spoiler: which may well be just to manipulate Katia.]]
69	* SuperSoldier: The plot relates to the attempt to create the Agents by Doctor Litvenko.
70	* SupportingProtagonist: Agent 47 is this. The main protagonist is actually Katia with 47 escorting her to find her father and train her how to use her power.
71	* TheSyndicate: And named the same thing too, and also doubles as a {{Megacorp}}.
72	* TestedOnHumans: The source of the Agent program.
73	* TooDumbToLive: Katia disassembling Agent 47's guns because of her nervous habits, whilst he slept no less. 47 looks like he's ready to kill her [[spoiler:after being forced to dispatch armed assassins with a screwdriver as a result]].
74	* TrailersAlwaysLie: The first trailer portrays 47 as the main antagonist hunting Katia.
75	* TrainingFromHell: 47 puts Katia through this to prepare her for their mission together.
76	* TurbineBlender: 47's first test for Katia involves tying her to a chair which is right in front of a jet engine he's just turned on. She gets out in time. Two mooks, however, gets sucked in later when she breaches the glass of the testing room with a bullet.
77	* UnskilledButStrong: John Smith is this compared to 47. He's been enhanced physically to a greater degree (including bulletproof skin), but lacks the enhanced intelligence, perception, and mental capabilities of the original Agent series, which is why the Syndicate considers him to be a failed experiment (even though he's actually quite cunning by regular human standards). He's also not quite the skilled fighter that 47 is, but his enhancements cover that weakness.
78	* VillainProtagonist: The film follows two other viewpoint protagonists with Agent 47 hunting them along with another third party that is hunting both. [[spoiler: In the end, only Katia isn't a villain.]]
79	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: 47's accent seems to zig zag between a decent impression of Creator/DavidBateson to the actors' actual accent.
80	* WhamShot: 47 and Katia prepare to fight their way out of the legion of guards in Syndicate Headquarters, but Katia says there's only one. [[spoiler:Out of the elevator steps a clone of 47, a barcode ending in "48" on his neck.]]

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