Hit Man: Richard Linklater’s film tells the unlikely, but mostly true story of a college professor who moonlights as an undercover asset, pretending to be a professional hitman in police investigations. The story is entertaining, light, and breezy, and greatly helped by the charm of its two central performers; however, it can be rather heavy-handed in the presentation of its themes. For instance, many interludes of the protagonist’s presence in the classroom don’t advance the story or his character development, making it feel like they are there just to preach. Glen Powell is convincing as the chameleonic protagonist (even if those are short moments when he needs to get more outlandish), and he has great chemistry with Adria Arjona, who plays a potential client he decides to drive away. The film is capably put together, but it’s also hard to shake the sense of how generic it is; it is set in New Orleans, but other than some shots of streetcars and a few jazz tracks that don’t play long enough, that doesn’t quite come across.