Video-game flicks are often real bombs at the box office. Outside of 2006’s “Silent Hill,” few video-game movies can say they are worth the source material that they are based on. “Hitman” is the latest entry in video-game-adaptation movies. This one is a good one.

The plot is pretty unclear, but it basically revolves around Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant), who is, as the title suggests, a hitman who works for a group known simply as “The Organization.” After apparently assassinating the Russian president, 47 discovers that “The Organization” has set him up by sending him to kill a “witness,” a prostitute named Nika (Olga Kurylenko). “The Organization” is trying to kill 47, and he quickly realizes that Nika does not know him. The two seek to find out what has happened.

The movie is a nice adaptation. Olyphant walks and talks like Agent 47 from the “Hitman” game series. He plays 47 as a stoic, calculating person whose rigorous training has made him into who he is. Nika brings the semi-love interest into the story as well.

The movie can be seen as a potential companion piece to the “Bourne” series starring Matt Damon. The movie has a similar feel, and its action sequences seem clearly inspired by that series. The movie is a bit short, clocking in at just over an hour and a half. The movie moves quickly, and it is reportedly the first in a planned trilogy.

Olyphant continues to impress as 47. He manages to make a character that seems to be emotionless into a very likeable character who is simply trying to make things right for himself. Kurylenko’s Nika is a semi-love interest because 47 does not care to have sex or any relationship with her; he is simply protecting her to save them both.

If you want a good popcorn movie to watch at the flicks, you can’t go wrong with “Hitman.” It’s a sure shot.

Rating: 4 out of 5