This Wednesday, two new films come to the screens at Utopolis-Kirchberg and Ciné-Utopia in Limpertsberg, as follows:
- Hitman: Agent 47 (96 mins, 16+). Directed by Aleksander Bach (in his directorial debut) and starring Rupert Friend (Pride & Prejudice, The Young Victoria, Starred Up, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), Hannah Ware (Oldboy, Shame), Zachary Quinto (Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Margin Call). HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones - endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.
- Ricki and the Flash (101 mins, 6+). Directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate) and starring Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady, Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, The Deer Hunter, Into the Woods, August: Osage County), Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda, Sophie's Choice, Cry Freedom, Wild wild West), Mamie Gummer (Side Effects, The Lifeguard). In an uplifting comedy loaded with music and live performance, Meryl Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family. Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Ricki's long-suffering ex-husband.
For full details, including online ticket sales, see www.utopolis.lu.
