Top 5 Assassination Myths
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James Bond, John Wick, Agent 47, Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega – these assassins have shaped our outlook on the age-old art of assassination. We’re looking at movies like Skyfall, Hitman, Leon the Professional, Grosse Pointe Blank, No Country For Old Men, The Bourne Identity, and more to deconstruct these lies. We’ll also be asking questions like: What did Ninjas really do? How can you identify an assassin? Where do hits go down? What is the most common assassination technique? How much is an hitman for hire? Stay tuned.
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the cost depends on the target and method. if you want to off someone but dont want to raise suspension it has to look lile an accident, so a bullet to the head is not good.
That scene with Brad Pitt was awesome. I can't remember what movie that was, Michael Fassbender was in it, but that wire weapon is soooo scary. Imagine just having to sit there with no hope of survival as it wrapped tighter and tighter around your neck until it cut your damn head off lol. I hope to god that's not a real thing.
Some people think Hillary Clinton is the best assassin.
Correct me if I'm wrong but in James Bond only double 0 agents have a licence to kill. The other MI6 agents don't.
Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski very real world hitman for the mafia. look him up looks average joe, killed over 200 people.
Jules and Vincent always came across as enforcers rather than hitmen
Al Bundy wouldn't do that in Chicago these days! Lol
The classic ninja costume would only make sense if the target worked in Japanese theatre. Seriously, the all-black ninja suit was the uniform of stagehands the audience was expected to ignore. In plays, they were used for ninjas to shock the audience because the audience would have ignored them.
Having never done this myself, feel free to correct me but I don't think getting your throat slit means lay down for sleepy time like so many movies portray it. I tend to think it's loud and gurgly.
2:34 What is this movie?
This is stupid, yes the majority of assassins are average, but what film focuses on average people? For example, most scientists in films are always the best in the field, soldiers are usually special forces etc. etc.
ummm. $15k to pull a trigger is still alot of money
Nothing about how Silencers don't really silence weapons?? Really?
no one in the video or in the comments ever assassinated anyone so gtfoutta here
One of the myths that I know about is that hit men use really sophisticated hi caliber hi priced weapons. they look great in movies, but the reality is that the most used weapon by professional assassins is a .22 pistol. easily concealed, ammunition is cheap, fairly quiet even without a "silencer", and deadly at close range. The bullet is notoriously difficult to find once it hits, and is usually mangled beyond recognition or the ability of a forensics lab to process for evidence.
well, if you are a famous assassin, you are probably doing it wrong
Well, the "variety of different methods" is true…look at that KGB pellet injecting umbrella (shoots a small hollow metal pellet into a person, where the hollow part is sealed by wax – which melts once inside a person (via body temperature!) to expose a lethal dose of poison…and because the pellet is very small people only notice what has happened when they are already dying!) or putting polonium into someone's food (a russian dissenter was killed that way in London less than 10 years ago!)…ok, this are government "cleaners" (so the highest order of payed killers!), still shooting someone is nice and dandy, but it's also too easy to get caught!
So basically, Leon is the most realistic hitman…makes sense.
If we really wanted to do some research, we would ask Hillary Clinton about the hitmen she has on her rolodex.
Today I learned that the human life is worth $250-$15k
4:37 Assassinations paying as little as $250 per target?
This is why I switched my major from Assassination to Graphic Design!!! (with a minor in Assassination).
So you think mi6 agents are going to agree on or off the record that they have sanctions to kill? who's naive now?
Usually i dont like WatchMojos vids very much (sorry), but this one is quit decent.
I don't believe in any of these info.
Why would a hitman cost $250 or less when you get charged for murder with "Life in Prison"?
You would offer a hit for $10 million dollars. If they were serious about it, they would pay it. Then offer a A Homeless person to do the hit for less then $250. Then kill the Homeless person.
CIA did this in pass. Make somebody else do the work for them. And then get rid of the Evidence. And then Deny, Deny, Deny, Deny.
I Do agree about a hit when they don't expect it, like Sleeping, taking a dump, after sex, shopping, at a funeral, at a wedding, or at Church. Or a Tuesday.
I am a hitman available for hire right now 🙂 and im having a summer sale too, all assassinations are half price 🙂 Leave your name address and victim right here in the comments and il get back to you 🙂
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MI6 do not have a "license to kill". True, but Ian Fleming never said they did and made a point of telling you that is was exceptional, so it;s not a myth.