Myron has developed sympathy for Maggie and feels protective of her. Stopping at a roadside bar to buy beers, Myron is laughed at by four youths, so he attacks them and then runs for the car. The Spanish police, led by senior inspector, follow quite closely the trail of bodies. All the while, Parker sows seeds of discord between the two hit men. The group head toward the French border intending to reach Paris, where the kingpin against whom Parker testified is apparently awaiting their arrival. As they are about to start Parker makes a comment that causes Braddock to doubt that Harry will keep quiet and he goes back up to the flat and kills him. Harry gives them the keys to the owner's white Mercedes which is brought to the underground garage where the group leave their previous car. Parker mischievously announces his identity to them, causing Braddock to take the girl with them as insurance. He is Harry, a middle-aged Australian with a young apparently non-English speaking Spanish girlfriend Maggie, who comes home as they are talking. Parker quickly adopts a carefree demeanour, later explaining that he's had ten years to accept death as a simple part of life.īraddock, who has the key to an apartment in Madrid where the owner is away, orders Myron to drive there but when the three walk in they find the place occupied by an acquaintance of the owner. Three of the youths are killed by a bomb in a briefcase, which they believe to contain their pay-off, handed to them by Braddock.īraddock is a world-weary professional killer while Myron is his perky but volatile young apprentice. In the course of the kidnapping the youths run down a Spanish policeman who has been assigned to guard Parker. Four Spanish youths kidnap him and deliver him to British hit man Braddock and his sidekick Myron, hired by the kingpin that Parker helped put away. Ten years later, Parker lives in a comfortable retirement in Spain. London gangster Willie Parker gives evidence against his criminal compatriots in return for a very generous offer from the police. The film was released by The Criterion Collection on DVD in April 2009 and on Blu-ray in October 2020. Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia performed the soundtrack music. The title music is provided by Eric Clapton and Roger Waters. It was Stamp's first starring role in over a decade, and Roth won an Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer. The Hit is a 1984 British road crime film directed by Stephen Frears, and starring John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Laura del Sol and Tim Roth in his film debut.
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