Ultimately "Hitman: Agent 47," like the profession it worships, feels purely contractual.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Aug 2015
rotten:
As such films go, it's efficiently done juvenilia.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
21 Aug 2015
fresh:
The friction between stateliness and lunacy is more intriguing than, say, the line-toeing mediocrity of a second-rate Marvel movie.
– Calum Marsh,
Globe and Mail,
21 Aug 2015
rotten:
Only a bare minimum of non-action scenes were included in the final cut. There's enough here to piece together a rudimentary storyline but the details are often either confusing or nonsensical.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
21 Aug 2015
rotten:
Agent 47 doesn't feel like a character who's got what it takes to be a franchise hero - he, and the film, are lacking in personality.