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The Big Hit

The Big Hit

1998
Comedy
Suspense/Thriller
1h 31m
Wahlberg plays Melvin Smiley, a hitman leading a secret life as well as maintaining two relationships, one with the demanding and demeaning Chantel, who doesn't accept his work, and another with Pam, who knows nothing of his job and has picky, xenophobic parents. (Wikipedia)
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The Big Hit

1998
Comedy
Suspense/Thriller
1h 31m
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Rated 23 Sep 2007
68
54th
Ok, so this obviously isn't a great movie, but I think people are way too harsh to it. The action isn't GREAT, the humor isn't GREAT, but there's something about it that is just a lot of fun. It's a nice little action comedy that obviously doesn't take itself seriously, and while I technically know it's not a great movie, it really just does the trick for me. Really enjoyable, if you ask me.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
77
66th
This movie is so silly and fun it's great. There are some absolutely stellar parts in the film I'll never forget. Never, ever take this movie seriously and you will have an unbelievably fun time.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
69
74th
Underrated, breezy flick.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
50
35th
Entertaining action film.
Rated 15 Dec 2018
64
66th
good movie
Rated 17 Feb 2011
30
17th
It wasn't an enjoyable watch. That's about all I have to say. It had over-the-top action scenes that didn't make much sense and weren't enjoyable, characters that didn't matter, and a boring plot. You'll like it if you enjoy these kinds of action films, I didn't enjoy it much at all. It doesn't have much to say, and I have even less.
Rated 04 Jan 2010
1
8th
I have possibly overrated this.
Rated 04 Oct 2009
50
22nd
i had to bust out my roflcopter specially to transport all my lols to the bank.
Rated 26 Jul 2009
64
37th
Action packed, but seems to forget there is more to a movie.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
75
74th
Haven't seen it in over ten years but I recall it being marvelously over-the-top and entertaining, plus China Chow was super-hot here.
Rated 19 Jan 2019
59
24th
This is just so mediocre in almost every way. In the other ways, its bad.
Rated 17 Aug 2015
100
91st
Several hitmen, including Mel Smiley (MARK WAHLBERG), Cisco (LOU DIAMOND PHILIPS), Crunch (BOKEEM WOODBINE), Vince (ANTONIO SABATO, JR.) and Gump (ROBIN DUNNE) are the best at what they do. Working for their boss, Paris (AVERY BOOKS), they bump off their prescribed targets with a mixture of bravado, humor, and efficiency, and then go home to their "normal" suburban lives.
Rated 17 May 2012
86
76th
Mark Wahlberg stars in this action-packed raunchy comedy about a very-nice hitman who has to juggle two women using him for his money all while being back stabbed by his own friends within the company. Wahlberg did a great job as Melvin Smiley but the two who really stole the spotlight wee Lou Diamond Phillips and Avery Brooks. Brooks was amazing as the boss with his scary deep voice and Phillips was just plain funny. China Chow was also very cute in this movie as the love interest of Smiley.
Rated 22 Apr 2008
67
38th
The action's not great, and the humor tends to go broad and obvious, but there are also some really good jokes in this. How uniformly mean almost all the characters are to Smiley and the nuances of a lot of the actors' portrayals are what really make this film. Elliot Gould, Bokeem Woodbine, and Lou Diamond Phillips have a lot of fun.
Rated 24 Aug 2007
20
20th
Only the charm of Marky Mark make this one worth watching.
Rated 08 Aug 2008
40
16th
Not a horrible parody film, but not a good one, either.
Rated 17 Jun 2007
0
8th
Total piece of shit. A real shocker, considering that Wong also directed the excellent _Crime Story_
Rated 24 Aug 2016
81
83rd
What can I say, I love this film! I can see the many flaws (acting, dialogue, plot etc) but this film just wants me to have fun and it's impossible for me not to respond to it's juvenile charms. Some films are so bad they become entertainingly good. That's not the case here. Big Hit just wants to go OTT in EVERY aspect, and in doing so doesn't take itself seriously, so it's hard to critique it in such fashion. From that mindset it's easier to enjoy this violent action comedy as a guilty pleasure
Rated 23 Dec 2020
59
20th
One of the classic cases where the trailer overhypes the movie, was chasing this on HBO 20 years ago only to be left disappointed and swearing to never believe what is in those magic 2 minutes.
Rated 01 Nov 2016
60
22nd
59.500
Rated 10 Jul 2010
73
53rd
Worth quite a bit for comedic value,which I'm pretty sure was purposeful
Rated 07 Mar 2011
53
77th
It was great! Good action, comical romance, and a lot of comedy. This film reminded me of Mark Whalberg from "Other Guys".
Rated 23 Feb 2010
45
7th
I'm not sure what this film was supposed to be. You had some over the top action scenes and truly wretched dialog with cuts of Mark Wahlberg saying some sentimental nonsense to China Chow. Everything about the film pretty much sucked. Oh and Lou Diamond Phillips busts some hilariously bad masturbation jokes.
Rated 04 Dec 2014
0
3rd
Aggressively ugly and awful.
Rated 31 Mar 2008
30
14th
Style & stupidity painted in broad strokes make everything about this unappealing which is okay during the violence or occasional humor. The budding romance is somewhat warm & fetishistic.
Rated 06 Nov 2008
20
4th
This movie embodies everything I hate about flashy, overly self-satisfied filmmaking.
Rated 06 Jan 2009
70
68th
I was kinda shocked that I liked this. I won't seek this movie out to watch it, but if it's on tv, I usually do.
Rated 28 Jul 2011
60
65th
Call me crazy, but no one on the production staff thought casting an actress named CHINA Chow as a Japanese schoolgirl even a little bit awkward?
Rated 08 Mar 2008
64
9th
Wahlberg can't act. Tries to act like a spoof and make fun of itself, but comes up way short. An erotic scene with a turkey? Yikes.
Rated 03 Jun 2010
4
32nd
Can't deny this is enertaining, but the pacing is terrible! The point is most likely for everything to have as quickly as it does, like a 'thrill ride', but I think that this takes away from some parts of the film. Besides a lot of the CGI effects are atrocious and laughable, which does take away from a lot of the high action scenes. It's still a fun watch, but it's not as good as I remembered it being. I guess I grew out of it.
Rated 08 Sep 2009
70
32nd
It tried to be both American action and Hong Kong action movie, and while it tried to do the latter, it was pretty good, but the former and all it's bad jokes and stilted 'broseph' humour was pretty bad.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
22
85th
Outrageously funny film. This is like Jim Carey / Die Hard. And if that doesn't sound great to you, you don't deserve to enjoy this movie!
Rated 17 Sep 2007
55
30th
silly film with energy and a fun performance or two

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