the newspaper right away, he would sit and read it for hours. He may have lost some customers, but he never lost the bug for news. A lifelong resident of central Indiana, Wall grew up in Sheridan—the one spot in Hamilton County untouched by suburbia. After graduating from DePauw University in Greencastle, he joined The Indianapolis Star as a business reporting intern and refused to leave until he had a full-time job. Wall stayed there five years before joining IBJ in February 2007. Wall and his wife now live in Indianapolis with their two sons. When not at the office, the Walls spend time with their extended family and worship at Christ Church Reformed Presbyterian in Brownsburg

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Nov. 18, 2007

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MPAA ratingR for graphic violence, nudity and sexual situations

Length100 minutes

Where playingCentury Theaters, Galaxy, Minden

DirectorXavier Gens

Critical ratingJJ1/2

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The trouble with snuffing an assassin is that he knows all the tricks of the trade. Therefore, according to the standard movie premise, he will always be one step ahead. That was true in "Assassins" (1995), remained so in 2005's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and was the foundation of each Jason Bourne film.

It's no surprise then that director Xavier Gens leans on this premise for "Hitman," an over-the-top action flick about a top-flight assassin (Timothy Olyphant) who finds himself targeted by a former client. The character, known only as No. 47, is the best at his