The Big Hit

How Did This Get Made?

Earwolf

So Bad They’re Good, Bad Movies, Movie Reviews, Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Comedy, Comedy Movies, Film, Movies, Bad Films

4.8 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Christina Applegate star in the 1998 action-comedy The Big Hit—a movie that tries to make a farce out of kidnapping and murder while giving off vibes of a rejected Mountain Dew commercial. Paul, June, and Jason analyze Marky Mark breakdancing mid-gun fight, the locker room masturbation convo, the video store clerk, if Keiko was in high school or college, the "romantic" kosher dinner cooking scene, and so much more. Plus, a discussion about a bathroom with two doors leads to a rare June traumatic childhood story. JASON'S COMPANION VIEWING RECS: Videoheaven (2025) Film Club (2025)

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0:00.0	Pour some milk all over yourself because we're about to bust some caps.
0:04.7	We saw the big hit, so you know what that means.
0:08.7	Now it's time for how did this campaign?
0:12.7	We're going to have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a hater,
0:15.8	because you know you wonder, how did this campaign?
0:17.9	Let's want to win the mediocrity of subpar art.
0:21.9	Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question.
0:24.8	How did this get made?
0:26.4	Hello, people of earth, and welcome to How Did This Get Made?
0:29.4	I am Paul Shear.
0:30.3	Today, we are talking about the 1998 classic, the big hit where Mark Wahlberg plays a mild-mannered hitman who works for
0:40.8	Avery Brooks. You might know him as Hawk from Spencer for Hire or Cisco from Deep Space 9.
0:46.0	He's this very powerful crime boss. And Melvin is a people pleaser, to a fault, actually. He will
0:51.5	never say no to anyone, not his fiance or his girlfriend,
0:56.8	who he is supporting. And when his crew run by Lou Diamond Phillips, Boekeem Woodbine,
1:03.2	and Antonio Sabato Jr. talks him into kidnapping for some quick cash. It seems simple enough.
1:10.0	However, the catch is that the girl that they
1:13.2	kidnap is the daughter of a wealthy businessman, but also the girl's godfather is their own boss.
1:20.4	So they've essentially kidnapped their employer's goddaughter without knowing it. Now,
1:24.8	everything spirals from here. Mark Wahlberg is on the run for
1:28.7	kidnapping. He didn't even conceive. And Lou Diamond Phillips is trying to place the blame on him all while
1:35.4	his girlfriend's parents are in town. And we'll get into it all. And please don't forget that he's
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