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As schematic as the premise sounds—it’s another hitman story, after all—the series is fast-paced and gripping, largely because it’s so fast-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

"I am not a hitman like Mark is," he adds jokingly.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

Breslin plays an analyst for the U.K.’s MI6 who is also the long-lost daughter of a CIA hitman, played by Eckhart.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Fincher directs "The Killer", a thriller about a ruthless hitman played by Michael Fassbender, while Cooper directs and stars in "Maestro", about the composer Leonard Bernstein.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

It sounds all very well, Abercromby, my old friend," said Willoughby, "but Johnstone, or old Fraser, as we call him, is a hitman shark!

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard