Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” received a spirited five-minute standing ovation on Tuesday night, as the director handed out high fives. The action comedy, which stars Glen Powell, received cheers f…
” received a spirited five-minute standing ovation on Tuesday night, as the director handed out high fives., received cheers from the beginning, with the crowd clapping throughout the film during various scenes.
Linklater and Powell co-wrote the “Hit Man” screenplay based on Skip Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article of the same name. According to its official logline, the film follows an undercover police officer in Houston who poses as a hitman in order to arrest those trying to hire him and save a woman in need. Besides Powell, “Hit Man” also stars Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Molly Bernard and Mike Markoff.
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