Last Hit Man, The2008

Director
Christopher Warre Smets

Acters

Joe Mantegna (Harry Tremayne)
Elizabeth Whitmere (Racquel Tremayne)
Romano Orzari (Billy Rosco)
Michael Majeski (Todd)
Marcus Shultz (Hitman)
William Colgate (Armitage)

Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance.
Harry Tremayne is an ultra-professional hit man who finds out he’s dying after the impossible happens to him, one of his hits goes wrong. He struggles about whether or not to tell his daughter, who drives him to his assignments, knowing full well what his business is. Complicating matters is the appearance of a younger hit man, who wants to learn as much as possible from Mantegna’s character — after flubbing a very different assignment of his own.
“In The Last Hit Man, Joe Mantegna gets the chance to show off his considerable acting range. Cold and calculating in some scenes, he then changes into a caring father or a helpful mentor in others — and I believed every bit of it. A must-see for Mantegna fans.” – Memosaic
“The director really knows how to pull expressive performances out of small gestures and a few words. The story is inventive enough to keep up the pace. Photography is excellent, especially the black and white sequence before the titles. Within the constraints of the genre, this little Canadian film is surprising and satisfying.” – Movies in a Nutshell
“The Last Hit Man is rated “R” for lots of gun-related violence, but if that isn’tanything that would stop you, if the movie is otherwise well done, here’s a movie I can recommend to you, and highly at that.” – Mystery*File