Crime

Diary of a Hitman

- Nothing personal. Just business.

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.

Release Date : 1991-11-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Continental Film Group Ltd.Vision International

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dekker

Original Name : Forest Whitaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jain

Original Name : Sherilyn Fenn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kiki

Original Name : Sharon Stone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Koenig

Original Name : Seymour Cassel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shandy

Original Name : Jim Belushi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Garage

Original Name : Peter White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheila

Original Name : Lois Chiles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Jameson

Original Name : John Bedford Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mime / Corpozoid Man

Original Name : Dan Kamin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wallace

Original Name : Wayne Crawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zidzyck

Original Name : Lewis Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clyde

Original Name : Bill Gentry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Punk

Original Name : Brett Rickaby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neighbor Lady

Original Name : Brenda Currin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Optometrist

Original Name : Ken Lerner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cooley

Original Name : Jake Dengel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piccolo

Original Name : Tommy Lafitte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jain's Infant

Original Name : Christopher Kashay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jain's Infant

Original Name : Shawn Kashay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Jameson

Original Name : Jenny Chrisinger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Jameson's Guest

Original Name : Winnie Flynn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Carpenter

Original Name : Eva Jackson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Britney Marsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eddie

Original Name : Jimmy Butler

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Dekker's Dilemma. Diary of a Hit-man is directed by Roy London and adapted to screenplay by Kenneth Pressman from his own play, Insider's Price. It stars Forest Whitaker, John Bedford-Lloyd, Sherilyn Fenn, Seymour Cassel, James Belushi and Sharon Stone.Music is by Michel Colombier and cinematography by Yuri Sokol. Hit-man Dekker is contracted to kill the wife and baby of his latest client, but he starts to seriously question the ethics of the job... "you're your own worst witness" The ingredients for a high end neo-noir piece are all in place here, with the pic at times threatening potency to strike a telling blow, sadly it rounds out as very unfulfilling. Its stage origins are all too obvious, and the blend of quirky and wry humour with the more dramatic core of the story never sits well. Cast also come off as a little awkward, no doubt straining to deliver the goods for their acting coach director. On the plus side for noir fans there's stuff to savour. Pic is driven by a Dekker narration, and the character is in contact with interesting characters. Be it a mime artist, his psychiatrist, a kid in a tumble dryer, a busy body tarty sister or the weasel villain who hires him, the human contact is straight out of noir land. The places he goes are also in keeping, the local bar with neon lighting, the church where "business" is conducted, Jain's (Fenn) apartment, which is a bizarre concoction of scatterbrain living and mummy housewifery, or a peekaboo strip joint. Elsewhere there's an extended session of film where Dekker has double vision, this putting a nice off-kilter vibe on things, while the whole time where the pic takes place in the apartment - with just Dekker and Jain in conflab - holds considerable interest. But then there's the finale, which is so far removed from noir it may make some want to set fire to the TV... Just above average neo-noir, but not one to recommend with any sort of confidence. 6/10