Hit Man

You can't go wrong with Gary Oldman in a movie about a hitman, a pretty girl, and evil CIA assassins. Sony Pictures Japan's Rain Fall, a thriller in the style of Bourne Ultimatum, stars Gary Oldman, is the first film in Japan to be shot on the new Panavision Genesis HD digital video camera jointly developed by Panavision and Sony. According to Panavision, the Genesis has a chip the size of a Super 35 mm frame, a log curve that emulates film, and a depth-of-field characteristic similar to film cameras. The camera has the equivalent of a 2,500 exposure index and its electronic shutter can be set to 360 degrees. Rain Fall is helmed by Max Mannix with Jack Wareham as director of photography. The film is adapted from a novel by best-selling American author Barry Eisler. It tells the story of a hit man who is forced to protect the daughter of one of his victims against the CIA. Besides Oldman, the film stars Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Takumi Bando, and Dirk Hunter. The lead in "Rain Fall" is Japanese, as are most of the cast, the setting, and dialogue. The most unusual thing about this film is that although the story is based on an American Novel, directed by an Australian director, this is a Japan movie production in the new trend of Asian film production going the "Hollywood" route and casting Western actors in a few roles.

Lorsque Charley, italien, et Irène, polonaise, se rencontrent, c'est le coup de foudre. Ils s'aiment, ils se marient. L'histoire commence ici. Charley est l'exécuteur d'une des plus célèbres familles de la mafia, les Prizzi, et la belle Irène exerce en free-lance la même dangereuse activité.

Jerry Welbach is given two ultimatums. His mob boss wants him to travel to Mexico to get a priceless antique pistol called "The Mexican" or he will suffer the consequences. The other ultimatum comes from his girlfriend Samantha, who wants him to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures that being alive, although in trouble with his girlfriend is the better alternative so he heads south of the border. Finding the pistol is easy but getting it home is a whole other matter. The pistol supposedly carries a curse - a curse Jerry is given every reason to believe, especially when Samantha is held hostage by the gay hit man Leroy to ensure the safe return of the pistol.

When a small town teacher mistakes the hit-man hired to kill her for her long lost brother, a tangled web of family secrets, deadly deception and forbidden love is spun that could destroy them all.

A woman who leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city, where she forms an unlikely and ironic relationship with a suicidal hit man (unbeknownst to her). Enter a worn, alcoholic detective to form the third party in a very unusual triangle as this story begins to unfold.

A broken-hearted hit man moves to the desert where he finds skilled swordsmen to carry out his contract killings.

Director: Max Mannix
You can't go wrong with Gary Oldman in a movie about a hitman, a pretty girl, and evil CIA assassins. Sony Pictures Japan's Rain Fall, a thriller in the style of Bourne Ultimatum, stars Gary Oldman, is the first film in Japan to be shot on the new Panavision Genesis HD digital video camera jointly developed by Panavision and Sony. According to Panavision, the Genesis has a chip the size of a Super 35 mm frame, a log curve that emulates film, and a depth-of-field characteristic similar to film cameras. The camera has the equivalent of a 2,500 exposure index and its electronic shutter can be set to 360 degrees. Rain Fall is helmed by Max Mannix with Jack Wareham as director of photography. The film is adapted from a novel by best-selling American author Barry Eisler. It tells the story of a hit man who is forced to protect the daughter of one of his victims against the CIA. Besides Oldman, the film stars Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu, Akira Emoto, Takumi Bando, and Dirk Hunter. The lead in "Rain Fall" is Japanese, as are most of the cast, the setting, and dialogue. The most unusual thing about this film is that although the story is based on an American Novel, directed by an Australian director, this is a Japan movie production in the new trend of Asian film production going the "Hollywood" route and casting Western actors in a few roles.