Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- paranoid
- darkly comic
- late night action viewing
- double feature with crime thrillers
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Allen's drunken list of five people he wants dead directly drives Jonas's killings and the ensuing pursuit.
Allen's failed promotion and marital betrayal rapidly expand into murder, police pressure, and a confrontation with a rogue killer.
Jonas is introduced as an elite government killer who has gone rogue and continues killing beyond official authority.
The Spokane setting and the plot's rapid movement from hit to pursuit center the film's action identity on modern firearms and chase-driven staging.
Films like The Hit List, and why
The Contractor
shared action-thriller premise, criminal pursuit, and an ordinary protagonist trapped in escalating danger
The Mechanic
shared hitman mythology, morally compromised characters, and tense urban crime action
Grosse Pointe Blank
shared accidental entanglement with professional killers, darkly comic fatalism, and fast-moving thriller mechanics
Movie Details
- Director
- William Kaufman
- Release Date
- 2011-04-02
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (300)
Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Cole Hauser
- Jonathan LaPaglia
- Michael Papajohn
- Drew Waters
- Sarah Ann Schultz
- Holt Boggs
- David E. Ornston
- Ginny Weirick
- Sean Cook
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Hit List about?
- A humiliated engineer's drunken hit list becomes a deadly contract when the stranger he confided in starts eliminating everyone named.
- What is The Hit List like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Hit List as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Hit List violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Hit List as brutal.
- Which films are like The Hit List?
- Films with a similar feel include The Contractor, The Mechanic, and Grosse Pointe Blank.
- How long is The Hit List?
- The Hit List runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Hit List?
- In United States, The Hit List streams on Howdy Amazon Channel.
