The Hit

Driven by the self-confident charisma of Terence Stamp, the vicious charm of John Hurt and a fascinating debut performance by Tim Roth, the film opens in Spain, where two contract killers are hired to kidnap a super-grass from his hide-out and deliver him to underworld bosses in Paris he’d betrayed years before.

Along the way, the serene abductee, having become a bit enlightened during his ten-year retreat, seems unworried about death or anything else, and it’s the killers who feel the strain of spilling his blood.

“The Hit is something special: thoughtful, perfectly performed and carrying the clear stamp of an extremely interesting director.” ~L.A. Times

“Frears displays a complete mastery of the mechanics of a thriller, such that his movie is terrifying even when it pauses for breath.” ~Miami Herald