The Big Hit (1998)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Kirk Wong

Writer (WGA):

Ben Ramsey (written by)

Release Date:

24 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Hit Happens

Plot:

Melvin Smiley, a successful young hitman, is living a normal all-day life for his jewish fiancé Pam...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Kidnapping | Kosher | Chase | Blood Splatter

Cast

Mark Wahlberg	...	Melvin Smiley
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Cisco
Christina Applegate	...	Pam Shulman
Avery Brooks	...	Paris
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Crunch
Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	Vince
China Chow	...	Keiko Nishi
Lainie Kazan	...	Jeanne Shulman
Elliott Gould	...	Morton Shulman
Sab Shimono	...	Jiro Nishi
Robin Dunne	...	Gump
Lela Rochon	...	Chantel
Danny Smith	...	Video Store Kid
Joshua Peace	...	Lance
David Usher	...	Sergio

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, pervasive language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Philippines:R-18 | Germany:16 (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:U | Germany:18 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #35552) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Almost all movie covers and posters at the video rental store are from Troma Entertainment.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The license plates PA8 - 357 and AD7 - 926 appear on two different vehicles each.

Quotes:

Melvin: I can't stand the thought of anyone not liking me, okay! There, I said it! The thought of either one of them(his fiancee' and his girlfriend) not liking me is more than I can stand, okay!

Movie Connections:

References Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)

Soundtrack:

She's The One

Very cool!

When you watch this movie,you can't return it to the videostore because it's great.This is an action comedy and it will laugh you to death. There is enough action and humor in this movie,and great actors but still,...I don't know what but there something missing.If you see Pulp Fiction,you will know what I'm talking about.

Melvin Smiley, a successful young hit-man, is living a normal all-day life for his Jewish fiancé Pam, but kills for money in Paris' organization. In addition, he has a relationship with a beauty from the neighborhood and gets bothered by a pimply video store guy, because he did not return "King Kong Lives" for two weeks. He and his three teammates Cisco, Crunch and Vince one day decide to kidnap the daughter of super-rich businessman Jiro Nishi - off the record. What they do not know, is that Jiro just went completely bankrupt due to a successes movie production, and, even worse, that his daughter Keiko is the god-daughter of Paris, the boss of the kidnappers. He and his men are now searching for the kidnappers in order to grind them up properly. Meanwhile, handcuffed Keiko falls in love with killer Melvin while both preparing a kosher meal in order to satisfy Pam's visiting parents, who are out of the house with Pam - with a body in the trunk.

And when I remember of Christina Applegate,...Mmmmmmmmmmmm! I would rather recommend you Pulp Fiction,because it's more funnier and more tens than this film!But you must see this one too!