Richard Linklater's 'Hit Man' trailer teases a fake assassin falling for one of his clients

Starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, the new Netflix movie is part comedy, part thriller.
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Thriller, comedy, and romance jumble together in the trailer for Hit Man, Richard Linklater's new Netflix movie about a fake assassin getting into a relationship with one of his clients.

A man of many disguises, Gary Johnson (Glen Powell, who also co-wrote the film with Linklater) is a professor with a strange side hustle: he works for the police as a pretend assassin. But things go from complicated to even more complicated when he becomes romantically involved with a client (Adria Arjona), who may be more sinister than she seems.

How to watch: Hit Man is in select theaters from May 24, and streaming on Netflix from June 7.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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