What is Hit Man's IQ Score?

Hit Man has an IQ Score of 138/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 36/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 30/50 Educational Value, and 38/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Hit Man educational?

Hit Man is moderate on educational value, 30/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Hit Man , IQ Score 138/200

Hit Man has an IQ Score of 138/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-05-26·Methodology

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138/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,316 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Richard Linklater →

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The TVI Take

Linklater's 2024 mid-career genre piece, adapted with Glen Powell from Skip Hollandsworth's Texas Monthly profile. Powell plays a New Orleans philosophy professor moonlighting as a fake hit man for police stings, who falls for a client he was supposed to set up.

Sharper than the streaming-romance positioning suggested, the film is a Linklater meditation on the constructed self filed inside a more commercial frame. Educational about identity philosophy and the performance of personhood.

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