Hitman: Ferris Wheel
Genre: Action
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writer: Dwight Gallo
Based on the video game series
Cast: Ed Skrein, Charlotte Riley, Joseph Mazzello, John Pankow, Johnny Ray Gill and David Harewood
Plot: In Baltimore, Maryland, at the Southland Amusement Park, the park's Ferris wheel becomes detached from its base and begins rolling through the park. The destruction kills 36 park guests. The owner of the park, Joseph Clarence (John Pankow), is forced to close down the park after the accident.
Agent 47 (Ed Skrein) is on a private jet, sitting across from Diana Burnwood (Charlotte Riley). She is explaining that his next contract now that he's back onboard with ICA is to eliminate Joseph Clarence. 47 comments that he seems like a lower-level target than what he's used to. Diana says that the contract was taken out by the parents of one of the people killed in the Ferris wheel accident at Southland.
Clarence is in his office at the amusement park drinking when the door is kicked in. Gangster and drug lord Scoop (Johnny Ray Gill) enters the office flanked by some of his men. Scoop offers Clarence a deal: let Scoop and his men use the closed park to produce and distribute their product, and they'll kick back some cash to him. Clarence looks at all of the bills from his lawyers on his desk and agrees to the deal.
Reporter Rick Henderson (Joseph Mazello) for First Edition sits in the newspaper's office across from the editor Harold Langston (David Harewood). The editor tells Rick that a very rare and intriguing offer has been made to the newspaper: an extensive one-on-one interview with the former head of the FBI and the CIA, Leland Alexander. Rick says that sounds interesting, and Langston offers the gig to him. Rick is surprised that Langston would pick him for such a high-profile article, but Langston tells him that he didn't. Leland Alexander personally selected Rick for the interview.
47 pulls up to the front gates of the Southland Amusement Park in an inconspicuous rental car. He takes a look around, before finally scaling the chained front gate and hopping down to the other side. 47 starts walking through the park offices. Once he gets outside Clarence's office, he hears voices down the hall. He ducks into the office and into a closet.
Clarence and Scoop walk into the office arguing. Clarence is demanding the money they agreed one, but Scoop pulls out a gun and aims it at Clarence. Scoop tells him that he's just decided to take the amusement park rather than rent it. Clarence threatens to call the cops, but Scoop pistol whips him. 47 opens the closet door and shoots Scoop with a silenced pistol. Clarence thanks 47 profusely. 47 tells Clarence not to thank him, then shoots Clarence in the head.
Agent 47 (Ed Skrein) is on a private jet, sitting across from Diana Burnwood (Charlotte Riley). She is explaining that his next contract now that he's back onboard with ICA is to eliminate Joseph Clarence. 47 comments that he seems like a lower-level target than what he's used to. Diana says that the contract was taken out by the parents of one of the people killed in the Ferris wheel accident at Southland.
Clarence is in his office at the amusement park drinking when the door is kicked in. Gangster and drug lord Scoop (Johnny Ray Gill) enters the office flanked by some of his men. Scoop offers Clarence a deal: let Scoop and his men use the closed park to produce and distribute their product, and they'll kick back some cash to him. Clarence looks at all of the bills from his lawyers on his desk and agrees to the deal.
Reporter Rick Henderson (Joseph Mazello) for First Edition sits in the newspaper's office across from the editor Harold Langston (David Harewood). The editor tells Rick that a very rare and intriguing offer has been made to the newspaper: an extensive one-on-one interview with the former head of the FBI and the CIA, Leland Alexander. Rick says that sounds interesting, and Langston offers the gig to him. Rick is surprised that Langston would pick him for such a high-profile article, but Langston tells him that he didn't. Leland Alexander personally selected Rick for the interview.
47 pulls up to the front gates of the Southland Amusement Park in an inconspicuous rental car. He takes a look around, before finally scaling the chained front gate and hopping down to the other side. 47 starts walking through the park offices. Once he gets outside Clarence's office, he hears voices down the hall. He ducks into the office and into a closet.
Clarence and Scoop walk into the office arguing. Clarence is demanding the money they agreed one, but Scoop pulls out a gun and aims it at Clarence. Scoop tells him that he's just decided to take the amusement park rather than rent it. Clarence threatens to call the cops, but Scoop pistol whips him. 47 opens the closet door and shoots Scoop with a silenced pistol. Clarence thanks 47 profusely. 47 tells Clarence not to thank him, then shoots Clarence in the head.
The second season lacked the action set pieces that made the game famous and aside from the last scene, this episode was too, devoid of any action, which isn't a good look for an action series.
While this episode was a little bland compared to what we've seen in the past, Hitman remains a solid series, thanks to the strong work of star Ed Skrein and Francis Lawrence behind the camera.
This episode feels like a misstep along the way, as it lacks the sense of urgency or the tension a series like Hitman requires. I still believe Hitman can be an entertaining and solid series, but this episode didn't do it for me.
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