A comedy masquerading as an action film,
The Big Hit is a goofy flick that surely isn't as good as I think it is. The story concerns a band of dimwitted assassins and centers on Mark Wahlberg as Melvin Smiley. That's right, the main character is a fearless killer who survives a series of increasingly ludicrous action scenes, and his name is Melvin Smiley. That should tell you almost everything you need to know about
The Big Hit. Silly, totally irrelevant, and bolstered by a great cast, this is one of those oddball movies that you come to treasure while wondering how the hell they ever got produced in the first place. That being said, if you have a taste for the absurd, you'll laugh your ass off while watching
The Big Hit. Lou Diamond Phillips steals the show as the villain, delivering what is probably his best performance. Look, I like Lou, so I don't mean that as an insult. I'm dead serious. He is positively hilarious here, and it's a part that would have tripped most actors up. He totally gets it, and he owns the movie. Plug someone else in his role and I might not even like this one--he's that good. In addition to the laughs, which come fast and furious, there's also an abundance of violence in the movie, though it's so flamboyant and ridiculous that it would be fair to say that
The Big Hit comes across as a live-action cartoon. Buildings blow up, bullets litter the floor, and people are killed, but it all seems fairly lighthearted. That sounds weird, doesn't it? I guess it is. It's definitely unique, it's definitely not for everyone, and I'm probably crazy for liking it as much as I do. These reviews are all about keeping it real, though, and here's the inside scoop on my relationship with
The Big Hit: I'm pretty sure that I love it.
Final Grade: B+
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True Story: Lou Diamond Phillips should have won
an Oscar for his work as Cisco in The Big Hit. |
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