Top 20 Movie Hitmen

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10. NIKITA in NIKITA
Who is she? Luc Besson likes his hitmen, but he also likes his hitwomen, too. Nikita is just your average drugged-up Nihilist bank robber, but when she commits murder, she's spared the chair and whisked away to a top secret facility where she's trained to become a special operative. With her old life all but erased, Nikita slowly and surely morphs into a deadly (and dead fit) assassin, who becomes as adept with the guns as she was with the needles. Besson oversaw a toothless US remake with Bridget Fonda in the title role, but his French femme is clearly a) ten times cooler than her US counterpart, and b) has a much sexier accent.
Greatest hit? Left on her lonesome in a restaurant, Nikita is given a gun and told to pop a cap in the guy sitting next to her. At least she won't have to pay the bill.


9. VINCENT in COLLATERAL
Who is he? Crazy Scientologist Tom Cruise (who, like Drunk Anti-Semite Mel Gibson, should never be referred to without his prefix), puts in a career-best performance as Vincent, an aging contract killer. Well, he appears to be aging, but the greying hair could easily be part of a cunning disguise. Anyway, Vinnie is cold-blooded and ruthlessly efficient, slipping through Michael Mann's moodily shot L.A. in an attempt to kill a brace of targets before the sun comes up and ruins the cinematography. He's so good that he'd even be able to take time out from his busy assassinating schedule to kill anyone who dared to call him "Vinnie."
Greatest hit? Shooting a hit out a window and watching him smash through the roof of Jamie Foxx's taxicab below.


8. JOHN SMITH in MR. & MRS. SMITH
Who is he? In real life, Bradders is rapidly burning through his cool points. His wife seems to be in a fiercely fought orphan collecting competition with Madonna, and it's been an awfully long time since Fight Club rocked TheShiznit's world. But, as Mr. Smith, Mr. Pitt was one of the coolest hitmen ever. With a swagger that a man could only produce when having it away with Angelina IRL, Brad banters with Vince Vaughn and handles his weapon with the best of them. Okay, he couldn't take out the missus, but seriously, would you have wanted to?
Greatest hit? Charming a group of guys by playing a 'drunken' hand of cards, then whipping out the silencer to take the pot.


7. AVNER in MUNICH
Who is he? Munich offers a much grittier look at the hitman community than most of the other movies featured on this list. We follow Eric Bana's group of Semetic avengers, charged with doling out vengeance for the Black September group's infamous attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games. Most of the jobs are done at a distance, with bombs being the impersonal tool of choice, and none of them go smoothly. But before we mock their lack of professionalism, if we were given the task of terrorising terrorists, we'd cock it up too. Still, Avner remains a figure of cool, as the characters of Knocked Up confirm: "If any one of us gets laid tonight, it's because of Eric Bana in Munich."
Greatest hit? Blowing the shit out of a target by bombing his hotel room, then feeling the full force of the blast through the wall. Ouch.


6. GHOST DOG in GHOST DOG: WAY OF THE SAMURAI
Who is he? Perhaps the most atypical hitman on our list, Ghost Dog is more likely to be found sitting on a bench in the park, talking about books and eating ice cream than whacking marks for coin. Ghost Dog is most definitely not your common or garden professional killer, as his simple lifestyle involves raising homing pigeons and following Hagakure, the Way of the Samurai. But just when you think you're watching the most boring hitman movie ever, he'll start waving his samurai sword around or will shoot his way through a gang of armed foes with ruthless efficiency. One man gets one bullet. Not bad for a fat bloke.
Greatest hit? Ghost Dog kills not for fun, only for honour. But when the Mafia take out his pigeons, just try and hold him back.


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