The Big Hit (1998)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Kirk Wong

Writer (WGA):

Ben Ramsey (written by)

Release Date:

24 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Hit Happens

Plot:

Melvin Smiley, a successful young hitman, is living a normal all-day life for his jewish fiancé Pam...

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Kidnapping | Kosher | Chase | Blood Splatter

Cast

Mark Wahlberg	...	Melvin Smiley
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Cisco
Christina Applegate	...	Pam Shulman
Avery Brooks	...	Paris
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Crunch
Antonio Sabato Jr.	...	Vince
China Chow	...	Keiko Nishi
Lainie Kazan	...	Jeanne Shulman
Elliott Gould	...	Morton Shulman
Sab Shimono	...	Jiro Nishi
Robin Dunne	...	Gump
Lela Rochon	...	Chantel
Danny Smith	...	Video Store Kid
Joshua Peace	...	Lance
David Usher	...	Sergio
Hardee T. Lineham	...	Accountant
Gerry Mendicino	...	Slave Trader
Robert Eaton	...	Pimp (as Robert Vernon Eaton)
John Stoneham Sr.	...	Pimp
Nicola Jones	...	Blonde
Alexa Gilmour	...	Aly, Keiko's Friend
John Stocker	...	Sid Mussberger, the Neighbor
Cotton Mather	...	Moe
Derrek Peels	...	Windbush
Tig Fong	...	Kaya
Danny Lima	...	Aaron, the Limo Driver
Morgan Freeman	...	Boy in Hotel Lobby
Giovahann White	...	Paris' Son
Robert Hannah	...	Paris' Driver (as Bobby Hannah)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Terrence Baker	...	Guard (uncredited)
Matt Birman	...	Theater Thug (uncredited)
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio	...	Extra (uncredited)
Layton Morrison	...	Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Kirk Wong		(as Che-Kirk Wong)

Writing credits (WGA)
Ben Ramsey		(written by)

Produced by
Terence Chang	....	executive producer
John M. Eckert	....	executive producer
Roger Garcia	....	co-producer
Victor McGauley	....	co-producer (as Victor Mcgauley)
Craig Perry	....	co-producer
Wesley Snipes	....	producer
John Woo	....	executive producer
Warren Zide	....	producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Danny Nowak		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robin Russell
Pietro Scalia

Casting by
Maria Armstrong

Production Design by
Taavo Soodor

Art Direction by
Craig Lathrop
Andrew M. Stearn

Set Decoration by
Enrico Campana

Costume Design by
Margaret Mohr

Makeup Department
James D. Brown	....	key hair stylist
Donald Mowat	....	key makeup artist
Brian A. Tunstall	....	personal hair stylist (as Brian Andrew Tunstall)
Colin Penman	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
John M. Eckert	....	unit production manager
Pasia Schonberg	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Arias	....	third assistant director
Jeff J.J. Authors	....	first assistant director (as Jeff Authors)
Chris Baillie	....	dgc trainee
Harley Cohen	....	dgc trainee
G. Michael Currie	....	assistant director
Eric S. Potechin	....	second assistant director (as Eric Potechin)

Art Department
David Orin Charles	....	second lead set dresser
Sheila Church	....	art department coordinator
Janet Cormack	....	scenic artist
Jim Craig	....	storyboard artist (as James Craig)
Malcolm Davis	....	storyboard artist
David DeMarinis	....	set dresser
John Mackenzie	....	construction coordinator
Jeff Poulis	....	property master
David Ritchie	....	property buyer
Robert S. Smith	....	stand-by carpenter
Peter Legault	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Stephen Barden	....	dialogue editor (as Steve Barden)
Tom Bjelic	....	sound effects editor
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Douglas Ganton	....	sound
Sandy Gendler	....	sound designer
David Giammarco	....	adr editor
Mark Gingras	....	sound effects editor
Wayne Griffin	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Anna Malkin	....	first assistant sound editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Michael O'Farrell	....	supervising sound editor
Ron Stermac	....	cable person
Brad Thornton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Reynald Trudel	....	boom operator
Don White	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gren-Erich Zwicker	....	assistant sound editor
Randolph Saucedo	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jason Board	....	effects key
Marcel Caissie	....	special effects technician
Kaz Kobielski	....	special effects supervisor
Joseph P. Mercurio	....	special effects key (as Joseph Mercurio)
Tony Vandenecker	....	assistant special effects key
Mark Rice	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Troy Rundle	....	aerial rigging technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Berj Bannayan	....	software engineer
Jesse Bradstreet	....	visual effects
Bret Culp	....	senior animator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Colin Cunningham	....	senior 3D animator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Robbi Hinds	....	director of photography: miniatures and visual effects
Nick Hsieh	....	compositor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Kelvin Kanagaraj	....	effects animator
Warren J.W. Leathem	....	animator
Stephen Price	....	visual effects executive producer: C.O.R.E. Digital
Kelley Ray	....	visual effects supervisor: SPI
Michael Lennick	....	motion control (uncredited)
Paul McGhee	....	film scanning and recording (uncredited)
Ray McMillan	....	motion control (uncredited)

Stunts
Lloyd Adams	....	stunts
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunts (as Roy Anderson)
Matt Birman	....	stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunts (as Bobby Brown)
Eric Bryson	....	stunts
Randy Butcher	....	stunts
Shane Cardwell	....	stunts
Michael Chan	....	stunts
Phil Chiu	....	stunts
Wayne Downer	....	stunts
Mary Fallick	....	stunts (as Mary Fallic)
Sandra Feldman	....	stunts (as Sandra Fellman)
Mike Gow	....	stunts
Brian Jagersky	....	stunts
Erin Jarvis	....	stunts
Loi Kwan Kam	....	stunts (as Kam Loi-Kwan)
Chi-Ho Lau	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt rigger
Steve Lucescu	....	stunts
Patrick Mark	....	stunts
Dwayne McLean	....	stunts
Duncan McLeod	....	stunts
Regan Moore	....	stunts
Layton Morrison	....	stunts
Panou	....	stunt double: Paris (as Panou Mowling)
Rick Parker	....	stunts
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunts (as Ed Queffelec)
Branko Racki	....	stunts
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Bryan Renfro	....	stunts
Kevin Rushton	....	stunts
Robert C. Shannon	....	dive supervisor
John Stoneham Jr.	....	fight coordinator
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Peter Szkoda	....	stunts
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts (as Bryan J. Thomas)
Robert Thomas	....	stunts
Tye Tyukodi	....	stunts (as Anton Tyukodi)
Ron Van Hart	....	stunts
Len Wagner	....	stunts
Chun Kang Wang	....	fight coordinator (as Wang Chun-Kang)
Tommy Chang	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hakan Coskuner	....	stunt driving double: Lou Diamond Phillips (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Scotty Allan	....	gaffer
Laurence Bortnick	....	second assistant camera
Carlo Campana	....	dolly grip
Roger Finlay	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Harcourt	....	aerial rigger
John Holosko	....	director of photography: second unit/helicopter unit
David Kellner	....	best boy (as Dave Kellner)
Mike Kirilenko	....	key grip
Bruce Macaulay	....	still photographer
Ted Overton	....	first assistant camera: second camera
Peter Rosenfeld	....	Steadicam operator
Peter Rosenfeld	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robbi Hinds	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Roger Mussenden	....	casting
Jane Rogers	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pauline Chung	....	assistant wardrobe supervisor
Linda Petty	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Chris Hinton	....	color timer
Vaughan Killin	....	co-color timer
Russell Langille	....	assistant editor
Catherine Rankin	....	negative cutter
Fulvio Valsangiacomo	....	assistant editor
Ron Wisman Jr.	....	assistant editor
Chisako Yokoyama	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Mark Curry	....	scoring mixer
Pilar McCurry	....	music supervisor (as Pilar Mccurry)
Pilar McCurry	....	music supervisor
Denise Okimoto	....	assistant music editor
David E. Russo	....	orchestrator (as David Russo)
Melodee Sutton	....	music coordinator
Brian Williams	....	music designer
Joshua Winget	....	music editor
Ashley Revell	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Samantha Armstrong	....	script supervisor
John 'Frenchie' Berger	....	armorer
Darryl Chan	....	trainer: Lou Diamond Phillips
Lori Greenberg	....	production coordinator
Melissa Hall	....	assistant production coordinator
Steve Holt	....	on-set medic
Cynthia Lejeune	....	assistant accountant
David McIlroy	....	assistant location manager
Peter Phillips	....	armorer
Catherine Sample	....	production assistant
Dave Ian Smith	....	fire protection & safety
Alan Sutton	....	fire protection & safety
Lori Tilkin	....	assistant: Terence Chang
Dave Tommasini	....	helicopter pilot
Benny Urquidez	....	fight trainer: Mark Wahlberg
Nick Veziris	....	gun wrangler
David Krae	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures (presents)
• Amen Ra Films
• Zide-Perry Productions
• Lion Rock Productions

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical) (as TriStar a Sony Pictures Entertainment company)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1998) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1998) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (199?) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Falcon (199?) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (1999) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• V8 (2001) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures (digital visual effects and animation)
• D. Rez Hollywood (digital visual effects and animation) (as D.Rez)
• JJamb Productions (miniatures)
• Martin Malivoire Pictures (special effects) (as Malivoire Pictures Inc.)
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (digital visual effects and animation)

Other Companies

• 1st Unit Fire & Safety  fire protection
• 1st Unit Fire & Safety  safety
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing (as Deluxe Toronto)
• DeLuxe Toronto  sound re-recording
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Panavision Canada  cameras and lenses
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• TVT Soundtrax  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, pervasive language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Philippines:R-18 | Germany:16 (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:U | Germany:18 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #35552) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

Christina Applegate also had a gag in which she wore cucumbers over her eyes in 1991's Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991).

Goofs:

Continuity: During the gun shoot out between Melvin and Cisco in Melvin's house, Cisco is seen shooting many bullets at Melvin, when he hits the fridge next to Melvin at first there is 2 bullet holes, Cisco fires 3 shots, then there are 8 bullet holes. Then when you see the fridge again after there are only 2 bullet holes again.

Quotes:

Cisco: C'mon, Mel. You know I love you, baby!

Movie Connections:

References The First Turn-On!! (1983)

Soundtrack:

What U On

A great action comedy.

You must not think of this movie as a pure action movie,because it is not ment to be. This is one of the best action/comedys that are ever made. It mixes the humor with the action so well and the story is just plain nuts.The movie takes new directions all the time and it never stops to surprise you. The main characters gets involved in the most redicolues dilemmas you have ever seen and I guarantee that you will laugh many times.This movie also has some very violent scenes and some bad language.So it is not for kids. In the main roles you will find Mark Wahlberg,Christina Applegate and Lou Diamond Phillips which is my best friend Ole Martin's favourite actor.

So if you are looking for a laugh and some great action then this is the movie for you.