Netflix has just debuted the teaser trailer for the acclaimed Hit Man, the new film from Richard Linklater. The film is a little way off with a limited theatrical run and streaming debut in June.
There’s great word coming from the festival circuit for this one and we can’t wait to see what all of the fuss is about.
The feature revolves around a hit man who meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities.
Here’s the full synopsis courtesy of the streaming service.
Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department. Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary descends into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a beautiful young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona). As Madison falls for one of Gary’s hit man personas — the mysteriously sexy Ron — their steamy affair sets off a chain reaction of play acting, deception, and escalating stakes. Co-written by Linklater and Powell and inspired by an unbelievable true story, Hit Man is a cleverly existential comedy about identity.
This one hits on 7th June.
