Dusk for a Hitman

Dusk for a Hitman

The hunter becomes the hunted.

Directed by Raymond St-Jean

Produced by Les Productions Megafun

2023105 min5.5 / 10

A tense crime thriller set in 1979 Montreal that tracks a seasoned hitman caught between mob loyalty and police pressure, with the hunter-becomes-hunted dynamic driving escalating moral and physical jeopardy.

1979. Donald Lavoie is a fearsome hitman who works under the orders of Claude Dubois, head of the Montreal South-West mob. Donald is tasked to take under his wing new recruit Serge Rivard, a hotheaded small-time crook who soon compromises him in a botched double murder. Donald avoids justice thanks to the Dubois clan's lawyers, but this is only a temporary setback for Detective Sergeant Roger Burns, who wants to convince Lavoie to become an informer.

Questions people ask

  • Is Dusk for a Hitman scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Dusk for a Hitman easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Dusk for a Hitman violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Does Dusk for a Hitman end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Dusk for a Hitman sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

6/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity4

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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