Thus, here we go again. Hitman: Agent 47 is a reboot of sorts, with Rupert Friend (Homeland) playing the nattily dressed assassin with a barcode etched on the back of his stubbly dome.

American Ultra and Hitman: Agent 47, movies working the same brainwashed assassin angle as The Bourne Identity, both open this weekend. Neither do much to inspire further imitation.

Hitman: Agent 47’s dazzling views fail to save assassin adaptation’s weak plot CALUM MARSH Special to The Globe and Mail Published August 21, 2015 ...