Memorable, crazy movie

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Yvette Mimieux is a very unlikely lady to play the lead in "Hit Lady". After all, she's rather petite, cute and looks very innocent and anything but dangerous. However, she's a cold-blooded contract killer...and a very good one at that! Plus, Mimieux wrote the script with herself in mind!!The story begins with Angela (Mimieux) going to a barbecue and singling out an old man (Keenan Wynn) and talking with him at length. He invites her to go on a horseback ride...and she kills him when there are no witnesses about them. Next, she receives a call from her contact...he has one more contract. But she initially refuses, she's just retired. But the amount she is to be paid is astronomical...and this would really help her with her new life with her struggling boyfriend (Dack Rambo). So she has a condition...she wants to know more about the guy before he accepts. The mark is a union leader, Jeffrey Blaine (Joseph Campanella) and they really want him dead very badly! So yo see Angela as she goes to work and arranges to 'accidentally' meet Jeffrey at a concert. And, over time, she really comes to like this guy...so what's she to do?!The film is enjoyable and worth seeing. Mimieux created a nice script. My only reservation was the ending...I did see that coming and many others will as well.

The synopsis for Hit Lady can be written in a single sentence, Yvette Mimieux portrays a hitwoman eager to leave the assassin for hire business. In the same vein, the film is a rather uncomplicated affair, usually the case with television's "movie of the week" films of the 70's, but here the lean story and budget is to the film's benefit. The excellent Mimieux carries the film more than capably and her co-stars all perform nicely as well. With a title like "Hit Lady" many today might expect this to be full of gunfire and explosions, this is certainly not the case, but it does happen to be a very engaging and well written (Mimieux is credited with the screenplay) film.While Hit Lady is not an action film, it's star Yvette Mimieux is no stranger to the action film genre, her credits include the excellent mercenary film Dark of the Sun. Here, she provides a fine screenplay and gives an engaging performance, in a written interview she stated she had hoped to direct the film as well, but for whatever reason that did not happen. What's also of interest is the film's pedigree in the murder for hire film genre. The film's director Tracy Keenan Wynn (who also has a small role) appeared alongside Charles Bronson in the mafia hit-man film "The Mechanic". Clu Gulager who stars as Mimieux's former hit-man boss, starred alongside Lee Marvin portraying a pair of hit men in Don Siegels "The Killers". On a final note, one wonders if this perhaps served as inspiration for the excellent French film La Femme Nikita, that tells a tale of a trained assassin wanting to leave the business, and her male mentor who stands in the way. Recommended.

Yvette Mimieux looks gorgeous and gives a fine, understated performance as a contract killer who methodically seduces her targets, waits until they have let their guard down, and then strikes - lethally. But problems arise when she decides that she wants to quit the business. What I particularly liked about Yvette's performance here is that she presents the character and lets the viewer decide how he or she should feel about her. She doesn't force-feed you the answers, and neither does the movie. It proceeds economically from scene to scene, telling a seemingly simple story, but the unexpected twist at the end of it has real impact. Be warned: it's not an action movie (though there is one car chase), it's more of a character drama. (**1/2)

Apparently Yvette is as smart as she is beautiful. She wrote this "Movie of the Week" about a female contract killer. Actually quite entertaining, has cameos by a lot of talented people including Keenan Wynn, Joseph Campenella. Yvette kills 'em with class but when she wants to quit the business the heat's on. Yvette should have been given her own action TV series. Unfortunately most of the women kicking butt in the 70's were black (Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Teresa Graves) the only other movie I can remember where a white woman does this is possibly Connie Stevens in "Scorchy". I guess I just like to see women beating up men PERIOD! Catch this if you can, I think it was on video in the 80's it should be on DVD as many of these 70's TV movies were lots of fun.