Hitman vs. Reality – is Agent 47 Better than Real Assassins?
Hitman, or Agent 47, is incredibly inventive in fulfilling his contracts. Does history have equally unusual cases of real assassinations? Let's check it out.
Table of Contents
- Hitman vs. Reality – is Agent 47 Better than Real Assassins?
- Hitman – speed kills
- Hitman – killer Skynet
- Hitman – two bullets and a cannon
- Hitman – the attack of the beast
- Hitman – agents without heart
Hitman – speed kills
Crashes are probably one of sport's most spectacular moments, albeit also bloodcurdling. Car accidents are an inherent element of racing. It is not surprising, then, that during his stay in Miami (Hitman 2 from 2018), Agent 47 can opt for such a way of eliminating his targets.
The daughter of an influential entrepreneur, Sierra Knox, sitting behind the wheel of a racing car, is practically begging for trouble, and Hitman has several avenues to explore. The crucial part of this mission is dressing up as Sierra mechanic, allowing either to sabotage a replacement wheel, or to place a bomb during a short visit in the pits. Both choices end with a spectacular crash on the track, where Sierra dies.
It’s also impossible not to mention the third, rather cruel possibility. The target number two is also Robert Knox – Sierra's father – and Hitman can eliminate them both in one fell swoop. After a little sabotage of the communication antenna, Robert goes to the platform located just above the straight race track to fix it. When Sierra's car approaches, Hitman can push Robert right in front of the car driven by the daughter. Brutal, but just as effective. Thus Agent 47 is apparently not respecting the policy of Leon the Professional – "no women; no kids".
History – Shawshank in Spanish
Sellers of used cars always say they were driven "by an elderly guy, to the mall and back." Well... in the case of Prime Minister of Spain, Luis Carrero Blanco's car, it would not be a good advertisement. Blanco was killed on 20 December 1973 by members of the Basque separatists of the ETA. The assassination took place exactly on Prime Minister's way to the mass. The plan itself, as well as the execution, was pure madness, something Michael Bay would consider too outlandish in one of his worse moments.
Many months before the attack, four ETA fighters rented an apartment in the basement on the street, where Blanco usually travelled to a mass. They convinced the owner of the building that they were students of the Academy of arts (at the faculty of sculpture, mind you), and this alone was allegedly quite a feat. From the basement, they started digging a tunnel underneath the busy street – having virtually no clue about digging tunnels!
They dug with no electrical tools, trying to cope with the sewage, claustrophobia, and the crumbling ceiling. At some point, it seems, they saw reason and, having studied relevant books, began to support the tunnel. After a few months, everything was finally in place. The space below the street was stuffed with about 80 kilograms of explosives. When this bomb exploded underneath the Prime Minister's car, it flew 20 meters into the air, flying over the roof of a five-story building and landing on the terrace of a building on the opposite side! Remarkably, Blanco survived the explosion, but died in hospital soon after.
