The Big Hit is a 1998 action-comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Kirk Wong. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, and Elliot Gould.
The film was shot in Hamilton, and Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
Wahlberg plays Melvin Smiley, a hitman leading a secret life as well as maintaining two relationships, one with the demanding and demeaning Chantel (Lela Rochon), who doesn't accept his work, and an...
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The Big Hit is a 1998 action-comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Kirk Wong. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, and Elliot Gould.
The film was shot in Hamilton, and Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
Wahlberg plays Melvin Smiley, a hitman leading a secret life as well as maintaining two relationships, one with the demanding and demeaning Chantel (Lela Rochon), who doesn't accept his work, and another with Pam (Christina Applegate), who knows nothing of his job and has picky, xenophobic parents.
We soon learn that Smiley is somewhat of a pushover, trying to appease all of Chantel's demands, even her most expensive wishes, as well as rolling over whenever one of his co-workers takes credit for his achievements. Perhaps as a result of his helplessness in asserting himself, throughout the early scenes Melvin is often seen drinking Maalox to relieve an incipient ulcer.
Feeling underpaid for their work for mob boss Paris (Brooks), the...
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