Hit Man is a 2023 Romantic Comedy directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Linklater" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Richard Linklater</a>, who co-wrote the screenplay with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Powell" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Glen Powell</a>. Richard Linklater directed Dazed and Confused but also the Before romance trilogy, Before Sunset, Before Midnight, Before Sunrise. <br />Hit Man is the story of Gary Johnson played by Glen Powell, a mild mannered professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of New Orleans. Gary also works for the NOPD as a civilian, administering the recording tech for undercover sting operations… when the undercover detective Jasper is pulled off duty, Gary is forced into a series of gambits where he needs to PRETEND to be a Hit Man in order to incriminate suspects in murder for hire schemes… along the way he meets Madison played by Adria Arjona and his role as a fake hit man takes a turn as Gary develops feelings for Madison.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.