- HD 1080
- Runtime: 95m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Director: Aaron Norris
- Stars: Chuck Norris, Alberta Watson, Michael Parks, Al Waxman, Salim Grant
- keywords: martial arts, police, hitman, gangster, paranoia, revenge, organized crime, mafia, undercover cop, one man army, one against many, urban setting, canuxploitation, action hero
- Production_studio: Twilight Motion Picture Seven Ltd. Partnership, The Cannon Group
- Slogan: He's so far undercover he may never get back.
- The The Hitman is featured in the top rankings of 1991
- #60 in Top Action Movies of 1991
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.