Hit Man (2024)

Gary's a professor who moonlights as a techie during sting operations for the police. When an undercover cop doesn't show for one of the operations, Gary's pressed into some impromptu undercover work as a hit man being hired by the target. Thing is, Gary's generally an unmemorable dweeb. But when he's undercover? He's absolutely compelling. 

The film begins with on-screen message that says something like "What you're about to see is a somewhat true story inspired by the life of Gary Johnson." That somewhat there is doing a lot of heavy lifting as the only bit that makes this a story worth telling is fictional. They have him falling for a client who wants her husband dead and getting entangled in covering for her while dodging the suspicious cop whose place he took in undercover work. They should've stuck that "inspired by" note at the end of the movie rather than the beginning. It's a fun movie that the filmmakers twisted into a truly bizarre one because my mind was trying to make sense of how it could possibly be true.

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