Advantages: Jack Palance is good Disadvantages: Very choppy story, poor cinematography and film quality
Jimbuck is a professional hitman, and is very good at his job. Then his boss, Max, asks him to kill someone, a brain surgeon called Bob Michaels, who is a good friend of Jimbuck's and once saved his life. Suddenly, the cool hitman develops a conscience and struggles to come to terms with his task, even when he finds Michaels in bed with his own girlfriend. Admitting defeat, he asks Max for leniency, promising to hit another of Max's enemies instead. ... ...Or has he finally reached the end of the road?
This film was made back in the seventies, yet I recognise the name; for this reason alone, I didn't really expect anything much of it. However, it does star Jack Palance, who is a well-known actor, probably best-known to a modern audience for his role in City Slickers. And as performances go, Palance gives a good one as Jimbuck (I think his name is Jim Buck, but everyone runs the two syllables together ...
sunmeilan 17.02.2009
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Portrait Of A Hitman (DVD)
Did you enjoy it?
Story
Characters / Performances
Special Effects
Soundtrack
1 review
Compare prices for Portrait Of A Hitman (DVD) »
1 to 2 out of 2 offers for Portrait Of A Hitman (DVD)
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Jack Ging, Marla Heasley, Lance Legault, Melinda Culea, Mr T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, Carl Franklin
|
![Portrait Of A Hitman [DVD]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/77960366.jpg)
