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One of my favorites; agree with Tin, this doesn't quite work..

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In Reply to: RE: I used to love The Hit - have not seen it lately posted by PhilJ on January 20, 2010 at 15:31:18

but I've yet to decide just why; perhaps there is indeed too much focus on the near-mute "Mr. Braddock" ( Hurt ) or "Willy Parker" ( Stamp ) is just a bit too bright + philosophical... There is an imbalance somewhere, corrected, that would elevate this film to one of the true greats
Not Tim Roths debut; he was in a Mike Leigh film earlier than "Hit" ( which strangely enough, was Gary Oldmans debut film ) Not one of Leighs better efforts, either ( don't recall the title )
Music from the Hit is ( mostly ) Eric Clapton, very salvageable!
GW

Edits: 01/20/10

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If you'll permit one other quibble which may be more than that: - tinear 08:01:29 01/21/10 (0)
by having Stamp so skillfully, bravely, and almost successfully defend himself from the four young thugs right at the beginning, we are led to believe in his bravery, setting us up for that base end. Good direction has no need of shenanigans like that. Frears went on to improve, of course. (I know he wasn't the writer but directors get the glory so they should get the howls, too).
Your points are exactly what I felt. It is Roth's feature film debut, sorry for the general - tinear 20:35:47 01/20/10 (0)
statement.
Clapton's music is lovely.
I guess I also was put out by the character of Stamp being a bit of a set-up, a moral "gotcha!," as if someone with those beliefs had to be hypocritical. Hurt's character, being the film's center as the director acknowledged, was too mute to hold it together. When Stamp fell away, the film tottered a bit.

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