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These "professionals" couldn't shoot their way out of a paper bag Hitmen are an essential part of the action thriller formula: Good guy tries to stop bad guy, bad guy puts out a hit on good guy, good guy dispatches the goon(s) before the final confrontation with bad guy. That’s the plot of basically every James Bond movie, right? Occasionally, you get a play on that formula where the assassin is the protagonist, like in . But for the most part, assassins in film are portrayed as serious, competent people of whom you should actually be afraid.

But not everyone is always suited for the work they do. Sometimes, people are just bad at their jobs, and hitmen are no exception. You’d think that there would be a basic degree of competence required when dealing with a job that has such high stakes, but, as these characters demonstrate, you’d be wrong.



Whether they’re taking out the wrong targets, shooting people accidentally, or just not thinking about the consequences of their actions, these profoundly unserious hitmen defy the silent, deadly killer trope. To celebrate the release of ’s —which offers a unique take on why Glen Powell’s Gary Johnson is not a good killer—we’ve rounded up nine hitmen, or hitman teams, in film that buck the stereotype. We also tossed in a bonus pick from , because it was simply too good not to include.

2 / 12 Vincent Vega - Vincent Vega - Getting shot just as you’re leaving the bathroom is an undignified way to die in general, but it s.

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