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'Hitman's Run' is your typical 90's see-it-and-forget-it dtv title. It's not the worst thing you'll view, but barely passable. Eric Roberts headlines this low level action tale from director Mark L. Lester who's done better work and far away from his glory days. A few known faces in the cast pick up quick paychecks as well.

Tony Lazorka (Roberts) was the #1 hitman for a mafia family, but when he showed mercy to his last target the family wanted him dead. So he goes into the witness protection program and only years later does his past life comes back to haunt him when the mob buys a hacked FBI list exposing all the witnesses, their new identities and locations.

You got familiar actors as mobsters (Robert Miano, Damian Chapa), but the acting isn't great and neither is the action. Cheap, lazy, absurd with Lazorka supposed to be this great hitman, but he certainly doesn't act like one. The guy used to coldly kill people for money, but is a loving family man now too ... cliche 101.

'Hitman's Run' is the kind of movie I could have seen myself watching on late night tv twenty years ago when nothing else was on and I was desperate. That's how bored or limited your options should be. There's no crazy stunts or even female nudity to help make this fun and while Roberts isn't asleep at the wheel, he's going thru the motions.

An ex-hitman(Eric Roberts)has a few felons, software thieves and hired killers to blow away and at the same time juggle his emotions. Very predictable storyline. Gunfire galore. Bullets do fly and not even one scratches our bad guy turned good. The budget was spent on the ammunition; don't expect much in dialogue. Also appearing are Farrah Forke, C. Thomas Howell and Esteban Powell.

Any serious straight to video fan should definately check this flick out.Damian Chapa(Blood In Blood Out) is the main villain,and he kicks some major ass.I grabbed this movie as soon as I saw his name on the box,he definately deserves more work in higher budget movies.Eric Roberts does a good job as well with a laugh-out-loud script.Don't be afraid,rent it,pop a couple of beers and call it a night.

Violent and obnoxious actioner yarn where a ex - hitman fights to save his wife and children from the vengeance of the Mafia bosses. Certainly, you have seen much of this stuff and probably better, far better. This movie is a strange and almost permanent shotdown between the good guys (only Roberts, in fact) and the bad guys (indeed, almost all the rest of the cast). A great lose of time. In fact, there's a great point here: although the movie is pure trash, Powell gives a good performance. I give this one a 4 (four).

Bad acting, poor plot, naff effects very badly created. It's just bad - even for a "TV Movie" which I presume it was... You can see the blood packs through the shirts so you know where the bullets are going to hit, for example. This one should be shown in movie-making school, it's a brilliant example of doing everything wrong.