Movie
The Big Hit
Overview
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-04-24
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TriStar Pictures, Lion Rock Productions, Amen Ra Films
- Country
- United States of America, Canada, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as Melvin Smiley
- Lou Diamond Phillips as Cisco
- Christina Applegate as Pam Shulman
- Avery Brooks as Paris
- Bokeem Woodbine as Crunch
- Antonio Sabàto Jr. as Vince
- China Chow as Keiko Nishi
- Lainie Kazan as Jeanne Shulman
- Elliott Gould as Morton Shulman
- Sab Shimono as Jiro Nishi
- Robin Dunne as Gump
- Lela Rochon as Chantel
Crew
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung - Director
- Ben Ramsey - Screenplay
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