In many police procedural crime stories police have repeatedly said Thank God They're Stupid. Because often times crooks are only caught because of their own stupid hubris. Thats certainly the case in this story. In this film Willie seems to be playing a long game where He knows something that will ultimately save him from his kidnappers. But that never materializes, and He is ultimately just shot in the back. Why they didnt just do that from the get go I dont know. It seems the point was to bring him back to face the people that he ratted on, but that did not happen either. This film has interesting characters, and are well played, but the story is nonsensical, and it just seems to peter out in a unsatisfactory way. If they had just grabbed Willie and put Him in the trunk and drove, with out all the philosophical discussion, it would have been a job accomplished professionally. So why didnt they do that? I guess it would have been a very short movie. Padding the story out just made it stupid and unrealistic.
Review of The Hit
