Director Richard Linklater's (School of Rock, the Before Trilogy) new film Hit Man is already - if you will excuse the pun - a hit with audiences thanks to its festival run and short theatrical release. This week it will finally be hitting Netflix, therefore introducing more people to the wild true story of Gary Johnson. Well, as the title card at the start reads, "a somewhat true story".
Loosely inspired by a real-life tale, Hit Man stars Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell as Johnson, a part-time contractor with the police who stumbles into a role posing undercover as a hitman. From there the new Netflix film diverts from the true story as Powell's Johnson falls in love with Adria Arjona's Maddy, with the pair becoming dangerously entangled.
