Oct 06,1972
Hollywood Movies | Action | Crime | Thriller
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.
| nudity | Painting of naked people are seen. When Bishop visits his girlfriend, she reads him a love letter and he grabs her and kisses her. She asks him to take her to bed, which he does. After they enter the bedroom, the films moves to the next scene which shows Bishop buttoning up his shirt , saying goodbye to the girl, and leaving. |
| violence | Some shootings that are mildly to moderately bloody. Bishop is a martial artist is seen at a karate dojo taking on two other karate students. Another scene of the karate dojo shows two more students fighting. A man dies when his car is blown up with him in it by a bomb. A woman cuts her wrists and blood flows down her arms. A man drinks a glass of wine laced with poison. He dies shortly thereafter. |
| profanity | Two uses of son-of-a-bitch, two hells, one damn, and one bullshit. |
| alcohol | Some alcohol consumption. |
| frightening | Nothing intense in atmosphere, but some of the behavior depicted may be unsettling to a few viewers. |
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