Not Like the Movies: Study Kills Myths About Hit Men
In movies they’re often suave, sophisticated, cold-blooded killers, professionals like John Cusack in “Grosse Pointe Blank” or Jean Reno’s Leon in “The Professional,” but a new British study dispels the myths surrounding hit men.
“These images are Hollywood-ized,” said Prof. David Wilson, who led a group of criminologists at Birmingham City University in the U.K. in the study. “The hit man seems like quite an attractive image that people are responding to. They are professional, very confident, hyper masculine.”
While the hits in movies usually take place in smoky bars and casinos, the reality that Wilson studied was much more mundane, with hits taking place as people walked their dogs or made their way home from the store or the gym.
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