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As schematic as the premise sounds—it’s another hitman story, after all—the series is fast-paced and gripping, largely because it’s so fast-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

It will centre around a "hitman who works for the black secret service" who will be "an anti-hero character similar to James Bond - but more complex".

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

Breslin plays an analyst for the U.K.’s MI6 who is also the long-lost daughter of a CIA hitman, played by Eckhart.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The film sees Pitt's hitman character, Ladybug, seemingly taking on his easiest job as he is asked to locate a suitcase on a high-speed train and then disembark.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022

It sounds all very well, Abercromby, my old friend," said Willoughby, "but Johnstone, or old Fraser, as we call him, is a hitman shark!

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard