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Hitman is a film based on the videogame series of the same name, directed by Xavier Gens and written by Skip Woods. The game puts the player in control of an elite genetically engineered assassin simply called “Agent 47”. Agent 47 works for a covert organization called “The Agency” (called “The Organization” in the film) that assign him to assassinate high-profile targets with morally reprehensible characteristics such as drug traffickers, child-pornographers, slave traders, etc. The game offers a wealth of source material that in the right hands could be translated into an innovatively dark take on the criminal underworld.