The Big Hit

This film was nominated and I remember liking it. I find that I own the dvd and my IMDB rating was an 8.

What the hell was I thinking.

While the film is indeed self aware, it is also surprisingly boring and inept. What did I like about this movie? The action is your typical shoot-em-up style while the comedy is mostly misfires. This film came out a year after Boogie Nights , two years after Fear. Mark Wahlberg was a young up and coming actor and he sports hilariously bad red hair here. He continues to have that annoyingly soft spoken vibe and is creepy to watch make-out with a younger actress. He looks like he's trying to eat her face.

The absolute highlight of this film is Lou Diamond Phillips, he steals the show with his over the top scene chewing dumb bad guy. He think's he's cool and plays it up. I can see how he might be annoying to some, but I had a good time watching him here and he saves the film from being a complete dumpster fire.

Small props for it being filmed in my city and around the areas I go hiking.