After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within. Chuck Norris is one of cinema's best fighters who has a very distinctive and badass look. His beard is one of those traits. One of the more popular Chuck Norris jokes is "underneath Chuck Norris' beard, there's not chin just another fist." Whomever created that joke must not have seen any of his earlier films, because there are three different kinds of Chuck Norrises: smooth-faced, moustached and bearded. I mentioned this in two other Chuck Norris reviews for An Eye For An Eye (smooth-faced Norris' best) and Forced Vengeance (moustache-Norris' best). Now I am saying that The Hit-man is bearded-Norris' best. Eventually, I will do a review of The Delta Force: THE Best Chuck Norris flick. <br/><br/>The Hit-man has a very unoriginal premise as a presumed dead cop (Norris) assumes a new identity and seeks vengeance against the bad guys. They try to make the story more complex and interesting, but winds up with utter confusion. In order to really get this, you have to be a huge action fan and/or a huge Chuck Norris fan. I am these, as well as a huge general movie fan, so I may have gone easy in seeing this. The acting isn't that great, the story is average and they fail at adding subplots with rival mob families and triads. Luckily, there is great action and has a great look that makes this a really fun watch.<br/><br/>Just what makes this better than any other bearded-Norris film? Although the acting isn't that great, it is truly awesome when compared to a mega crappy Norris movie like Silent Rage. This was around the time that Norris was improving as an actor by growing from terrible to average. One of the subplots is he befriends a young Hispanic neighbour whose mother works several jobs. He is constantly chased by a Caucasian bully whom he always runs from. Norris teaches him self-defence, as well as facing his problems. He tells him a story of growing up near a Native reserve in Arizona and a big Native would constantly chase him until he was convinced to face him. He realizes it was the differences such as his hair being too light and skin being too pale that he didn't like. This is a true story that actually did happen to Norris. This is probably the best bit of acting that Chuck Norris ever did. It is also great words of wisdom that comes from his heart.<br/><br/>Because we get to know the characters so well, it adds a lot to the story and makes the action sequences all that more exciting. Now this on has got it right! Everything in it is cool, starting with Chuck's mullet.<br/><br/>Like in many of his films, Chuck goes around killing people, in this case a bunch of shady maffiosi and a crew of Muslims.<br/><br/>I do not see this film being broadcast in Muslim countries as it contains quite a few very funny islamophobic jokes.<br/><br/>One thing that I love with Chuck Norris films is that you know he is going to go around and have a nice time killing people. The fact that it is so predictable gives it all its charm, though it does take away all the suspense. But suspense sucks anyway, we just want explosions and naked chicks! This is a film that you watch for a good laugh and to learn a few good one-liners that you might toss out in a intellectual conversation at your girlfriend's family dinner party.
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