To start with, I wish IMDB would start having a policy of blocking paid shills. The ones giving this dreck glowing incredible reviews all write the same way. If this was supposed to be satire or comedy or something like that it failed miserably. The writing is perhaps the worst. I keep wondering how movies are sold strictly on who is going to be in it. The dialogue is mundane and predictable. The so called "action" is predictable and even if it is supposed to be kind of a black comedy it falls flat. And the resulting romance between kidnapper and kidnappee is just so boring and lame and predictable. The dinner and chase sequence and the rest...The ending is the same as EVERY SINGLE OTHER with the good guy hitman and his victim falling in love and running off together. NOTHING about this was funny or serious or anything. IT is just a BLAH movie. So happy I didn't pay anything to see itI would bet the farm the writers actually DID use a phone to send in the script.

I watched this movie a few times on a local TV and still I don't change the channel if this movie is airing. It's quite a good entertainment, despite it's stupidity in the concept development.The basic premise is an average and common, no doubt about that. One that's about a small crew within the mafia and kidnapping. The stupidity and quirkiness begins when the story develops into one with the coincidences of the kidnapping target is the god-daughter of the boss of the crew, and that the Japanese Yakuza boss has a close tie with the black American mafia boss. All those are added with the ingredient of Melvin Smiley's wrecked up romance with two girls, a Jewish and a black girl. The twist of having the mastermind of the kidnapping betraying the rest of the crew is a nice touch.But the strongest attraction of this movie is the comedy, both in the dialog and in the mayhem caused by all the action. It is indeed a good entertainment for me. And since the local TV doesn't re-air it very often, it is still a good option to watch.

When approaching this movie you must take a light hearted look at it. The Big Hit is not meant to be a serious movie and if taken as such then you probably won't enjoy it. Fortunately I read a few reviews of the movie before seeing it and I knew what to expect, so I am thus warning others. It is a great movie if you don't take it seriously, otherwise it sucks.The Big Hit is what I would term as a comic book movie. The title is drawn in a comic book style, the characters dress brightly and the scenes stand out. Bright colours are used in many parts of the movie making it stand out. The Big Hit is not a dark serious movie, it is light hearted and is incredibly funny if taken as such.The movie is about a hit man (Mark Whalberg) who is basically a nice person. He has two girlfriends who take advantage of him constantly. He is easily led and his partners are constantly worming him out of money. Then one of them decides to do a little job of his own and kidnaps the daughter of a failed filmmaker. As it turns out, the filmmaker is the friend of their boss (Robert Avery) and the nice hit-man is accused of being the mastermind behind the plot.I quite enjoyed the Big Hit. It has a satirical look at action movies, and then it is simply a good laugh with lots of action, and it is far from being slow.

I am shocked IMDb gave this a 5.1, this movie deserves MUCH higher and here is why, first of the action was quite brilliant, the gun slinging was great! The here and there comedy moments add ons they shot in the movie ended up being great laughter, in fact VERY good laugh, the acting is great no doubt, everyone played a nice role in a great story too, Mark Walberg and Lou Diamond Phillips were most certainly the best off course, great decision to put those 2 in the same movie and work together they make a great team, this movie deserves an 8 and not a 5, so give it a chance and shot, you will love this forsure, This is Mark Walberg at his best.