Seattle cop Cliff Garret is severely wounded in a drug bust gone bad—shot by his corrupt partner Ronny “Del” Delany.
Garret dies momentarily in the emergency room, but is revived with a defibrillator. His police supervisor, Chambers, has the hospital conceal his survival, and Garret is given a new identity. Garret becomes hitman Danny Grogan and, a year later, he infiltrates the organization of mob boss mafioso Marco Luganni.
The plan is for Grogan to bring together Luganni and his rival, French Canadian mafioso boss André LaComb, so they can both be taken down together. After two years of working the plan, a gang of Iranian drug dealers looking to muscle in on everyone's territories suddenly enter the picture when they make a hit on one of Luganni's teams just as they finished making a hit on a team of LaCombe's money carriers.
Grogan plays all parties against one another while befriending a fatherless boy named Tim Murphy, who lives in the apartment down the hall and is being bullied by a racist white kid in the neighborhood. Tim's mother works three jobs, so he begins spending time with Grogan. Grogan teaches Tim how to fight after seeing him bullied on the street one day. When Tim stands up to the white kid, he gets the best of him, then watches as the white kid is dragged off by his father and beaten for losing the fight. Grogan walks across the street, punches the father in the nose through a screen door, so hard that it knocks the father to the ground, then Grogan walks away.
Grogan's past returns to haunt him in the person of Ronny Delany, who is secretly working with Luganni. Delany recognizes Grogan as Garret, and ties Tim to a chair loaded with explosives in a bid to force Grogan to cooperate. Delany sets off the chair bomb, but Grogan is unharmed and Tim survives.
Grogan turns the tables on them all. At a meeting to set terms of an alliance, Delany has Luganni's men kill LaCombe and his men. Then the Iranians and Delany kill Luganni, but Grogan arrives on the scene and kills all of them. Grogan leaves an enormous sum of money for Tim and his mother in Tim's hospital room. Tim's mother discovers it and is very grateful. In the end, in retribution for what he did to Tim, Grogan blows Delany up while tied to a chair hanging outside a window, much to the chagrin of Chambers.
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Chuck Norris as Detective Cliff Garrett / Danny Grogan
Had mixed reviews from critics.[4][5][6] Movie historian Leonard Maltin called the picture "Fairly awful...Although Norris gets to play a heavy for the first time in over a decade, this "stretch" still isn't enough to distinguish the movie from Chuck's other recent cinematic misses—especially since we know all along it's a ruse. Stuntwork remains the film's only redemption."[7]
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For other uses see Hitman disambiguation The Hitman is a 1991 Canadian American action film starring Chuck Norris 2 It was directed by Aaron Norris and written by Don Carmody Robert Geoffrion and Galen Thompson The HitmanTheatrical release posterDirected byAaron NorrisWritten byDon CarmodyRobert GeoffrionGalen ThompsonProduced byDon CarmodyStarringChuck Norris Michael Parks Alberta Watson Al WaxmanCinematographyJoao FernandesEdited byJacqueline CarmodyMusic byJoel DerouinDistributed byCannon Pictures 1991 1994 Cannon Video 1994 2017 Cannon Films 2017 present Warner Home Video 1991 2017 Warner Bros Home Entertainment 2017 present Release dateOctober 25 1991 1991 10 25 Running time95 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office 4 654 288 US 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 4 1 Box office 4 2 Critical response 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot editSeattle cop Cliff Garret is severely wounded in a drug bust gone bad shot by his corrupt partner Ronny Del Delany Garret dies momentarily in the emergency room but is revived with a defibrillator His police supervisor Chambers has the hospital conceal his survival and Garret is given a new identity Garret becomes hitman Danny Grogan and a year later he infiltrates the organization of mob boss mafioso Marco Luganni The plan is for Grogan to bring together Luganni and his rival French Canadian mafioso boss Andre LaComb so they can both be taken down together After two years of working the plan a gang of Iranian drug dealers looking to muscle in on everyone s territories suddenly enter the picture when they make a hit on one of Luganni s teams just as they finished making a hit on a team of LaCombe s money carriers Grogan plays all parties against one another while befriending a fatherless boy named Tim Murphy who lives in the apartment down the hall and is being bullied by a racist white kid in the neighborhood Tim s mother works three jobs so he begins spending time with Grogan Grogan teaches Tim how to fight after seeing him bullied on the street one day When Tim stands up to the white kid he gets the best of him then watches as the white kid is dragged off by his father and beaten for losing the fight Grogan walks across the street punches the father in the nose through a screen door so hard that it knocks the father to the ground then Grogan walks away Grogan s past returns to haunt him in the person of Ronny Delany who is secretly working with Luganni Delany recognizes Grogan as Garret and ties Tim to a chair loaded with explosives in a bid to force Grogan to cooperate Delany sets off the chair bomb but Grogan is unharmed and Tim survives Grogan turns the tables on them all At a meeting to set terms of an alliance Delany has Luganni s men kill LaCombe and his men Then the Iranians and Delany kill Luganni but Grogan arrives on the scene and kills all of them Grogan leaves an enormous sum of money for Tim and his mother in Tim s hospital room Tim s mother discovers it and is very grateful In the end in retribution for what he did to Tim Grogan blows Delany up while tied to a chair hanging outside a window much to the chagrin of Chambers Cast editChuck Norris as Detective Cliff Garrett Danny Grogan Michael Parks as Detective Ronny Del Delaney Al Waxman as Marco Luganni Alberta Watson as Christine De Vera Salim Grant as Tim Murphy Ken Pogue as Captain Chambers Marcel Sabourin as Andre Lacombe Bruno Gerussi as Nino Scarlini Frank Ferrucci as Shahad James Purcell as Sal Candus Churchill as Kate Murphy Alan C Peterson as Mr Lemke Paris Mileos as Tony Scolari Alex Bruhanski as Stansey Scarlini Stephen Dimopoulos as Joe Galione Anthony Stamboulieh as Rigoletti Michael Benyaer as Hassan Gerry Bean as Fierro Nathan Vanering as Simon Nantel Alex Diakun as Armone Michele Goodger as Corrine Lacombe Michael Rogers as Sully Jon Cuthbert as Joe Rebecca Norris as Waitress William B Davis as Dr Atkins Henry Holmes as Chief Surgeon Fred Henderson as E R Doctor Sylvain Demers as Attendant Suleka Mathew as Attendant Beau Heaton as Bo Lemke Amanda Norris as Lacombe s Twin Daughter 1 Meagan Norris as Lacombe s Twin Daughter 2 NOTE Amanda and Meagan are director Aaron s real life offspring Rebecca is the girls mom and the director s wife Production editNorris was originally in talks to star in Fifty Fifty for director Charles Martin Smith before committing to this picture instead 3 Reception editBox office edit The film was a box office success citation needed Critical response edit Had mixed reviews from critics 4 5 6 Movie historian Leonard Maltin called the picture Fairly awful Although Norris gets to play a heavy for the first time in over a decade this stretch still isn t enough to distinguish the movie from Chuck s other recent cinematic misses especially since we know all along it s a ruse Stuntwork remains the film s only redemption 7 On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 13 based on 8 reviews 8 See also edit nbsp Film portal List of American films of 1991 Chuck Norris filmographyReferences edit The Hitman 1991 Box Office Mojo Box Office Mojo Retrieved 2011 07 25 Black Belt Internet Archive Internet Archive p 19 Retrieved 2015 03 04 hitman a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Cite magazine requires magazine help Lynch Party Los Angeles Times 15 Apr 1990 N27 The Hitman Washington Post 1991 10 29 Retrieved 2010 10 27 Holden Stephen 1991 10 27 Review Film Chuck Norris as a Spy In a Mafia Drug Operation The New York Times Retrieved 2010 10 27 Thomas Kevin 1991 10 28 MOVIE REVIEW Trite Plot Terminates The Hitman The Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2010 10 27 Maltin s TV Movie amp Video Guide ISBN missing The Hitman Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 2023 01 07 External links editThe Hitman at IMDb nbsp nbsp Media related to The Hitman at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Hitman amp oldid 1190701914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
