Netflix has premiered the teaser trailer for Richard Linklater’s thriller-comedy “Hit Man” starring Glen Powell.
Primarily based on a true-crime article, the story follows a mild-mannered psychology professor (Powell) who additionally posed as an undercover hitman for the New Orleans police.
When he breaks protocol to assist a determined lady (Adria Arjona) attempting to flee an abusive boyfriend, the character finds himself turning into considered one of his false personas – falling for the girl and flirting with turning right into a legal himself.
Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Molly Bernard and Evan Holtzman co-star. The movie scored rave critiques out of the Fall movie pageant circuit and presently sits at an astonishing 96% (8.5/10) from 71 critiques on Rotten Tomatoes.
These on the pageant circuit name it a real crowd pleaser versus the sort of awards fare darling that generates this type of rating at festivals.
Mike Blizzard, Linklater, Powell, Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan produce. Linklater tailored the screenplay with Powell from the Skip Hollandsworth-penned article.
Netflix will give the movie a restricted theatrical launch on June seventh, the identical date it premieres on the service.