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| THE BIG HIT (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A beleagurered hit man's (Melvin Smiley) professional and domestic woes collide with outrageous results when he is tricked into taking the fall of a moonlighting gig gone sour. Action and adventure abounds as Melvin desperately tries to escape the hit squad sent out to kill him and meanwhile keep his "hitman" profession a secret from his engaged girlfriend and her parents. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Wahlberg (Melvin Smiley), Lou Diamond Phillips (Cisco), Christina Applegate (Pam Shulman), Bokeem Woodbine (Crunch), Antonio Sabato Jr. (Vince), China Chow (Keiko Nishi), Avery Brooks (Paris), Lainie Kazan (Jeanne Shulman), Elliott Gould (Morton Shulman), Sab Shimono (Jiro Nishi), Robin Dunne (Gump), Lela Rochon (Chantel), Danny Smith (Video Store Kid), Joshua Peace (Lance), David Usher (Sergio), Hardee T. Lineham (Accountant), Gerry Mendicino (Slave Trader), Robert Vernon Eaton (Pimp), John Stoneham (Pimp), Nicola Jones (Blonde). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTHING'S MORE DANGEROUS THAN SOME NICE GUYS...WITH A LITTLE TIME TO KILL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Kirk Wong. WRITER: Ben Ramsey. PRODUCERS: Wesley Snipes and Warren Zide. CO-PRODUCERS: Roger Garcia, Victor McGauley and Craig Perry. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: John Woo, Terence Chang and John M. Eckert. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Graeme Revell. DISTRIBUTOR: TriStar Pictures. |
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| Melvin: Understand this, okay? I absolutely, positively cannot be the only person falling head over heels in love in this relationship. It's got to be mutual. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Melvin: Technically, you can call me a hitman. Keiko: Really? A hitman? Does that pay well? Melvin: Oh of course. I make a killing. |
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| RELEASE DATE: April 24th, 1998 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $10.8 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $27.0 million (USA) BUDGET: $13 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: July 1997 -- September 1997 |
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| Cisco: Well ain't that a bitch...All I wanted to do was to sail my boat, man, you know? Navigate by the stars, see dolphins race alongside, you know, maybe even kill a few of them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vinnie: Ladies, you're so fine I want to pour milk over you and make you a part of my complete breakfast. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Unique action comedy with Hong Kong flavors doesn't always work, but the cast is lively and the stunt work awesome, fueled by a blazing pace." -- Leonard Maltin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Non-stop intense action!" -- Jodie Resnick, ET Online | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Big Hit is fun -- big time!" -- Susan Sloszczyna, USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "This is a colorful, kinetic motion picture that never threatens to bore even a viewer afflicted with attention deficit disorder." -- James Berardinelli, Reel Views | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A blast in every sense of the word." -- Louis Hobson, Calgary Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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