This Gun for Hire

1991Movie1 h 40 minR

48
MediocreGoodWatch score

A tense, intriguing tv movie movie about crime and everyday modern life.

Good for date night · friends night · teens

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Story

Never double-cross a hitman

A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne hostage. Though he eventually lets her go. She develops some kind of fascination for him, which doesn't please her boyfriend, who just happens to be the one who tracking Raven. At the same time Raven tries to find out who set him up and why.

Feels like

  • Crime Thriller
  • Hitman
  • Betrayal
  • Manhunt
  • Psychological Tension
  • Neo-Noir
  • Intrigue
  • Cynical

Cast

Crew

Directed by
Lou Antonio
Written by
Graham Greene
Music by
Dana Kaproff

Everyone

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Facts

January 9, 1991 · 1 h 40 min · R

Released
January 9, 1991
Runtime
1 h 40 min
Age rating
R
Content
Violence
Genres
TV Movie, Thriller
Original language
English
Made in
United States

Tropes

Off Bridge, onto Vehicle, Evil Cripple, Blackmail +9

  • Off Bridge, onto Vehicle
  • Evil Cripple
  • Blackmail
  • He's Dead, Jim
  • The Chanteuse
  • Contract on the Hitman
  • Freudian Excuse
  • Fat Bastard
  • Redemption Equals Death
  • Hidden Depths
  • Dressing as the Enemy
  • Professional Killer

12 of 30 tropes. From TV Tropes.