The following article contains major spoilers for Hit Man . Hit Man is about two things. In a literal sense, it centres on Glen Powell 's clean-cut college philosophy professor, Gary, who moonlights as a pretend assassin for police sting operations in New Orleans.
He's a guy who wears many faces, adapting his contract killer persona to what he thinks each client wants, or at least expects , a hitman to be, predominantly based on the tropes and clichés they've picked up from movies like Léon: The Professional and In Bruges . Because hitmen obviously don't exist in real-life, dummy. Less literally, it is about a guy who makes a series of arguably poor decisions out of horniness.
And compassion. But mostly horniness. By Jack King The object of his titillated desire is Madison, portrayed with a quiet devious streak by Adria Arjona.
She's one of the would-be clients he meets on an op, where he takes on the guise of hot ‘n hunky smooth talker Ron. Madison wants her husband dead, but rather than haul her in front of a judge, Gary-Ron takes pity when it becomes apparent the guy might just deserve it: he’s a serial abuser, such is why she has arrived at such an extreme to escape the relationship that is crushing her like a cartoon anvil. One thing leads to another; Gary starts dating Madison as Ron; zip forward an act, the husband is dead, and the eye of suspicion is squarely on Madison.
All of this a bowed-up package of wit and ivory-toothed charm that obfuscates how dark the.