THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD: If you want action.... if you want comedy... this is the film for you. And while most of the action is what we've come to expect, the real fun is in the constant bickering between the two lead actors. Samuel L. Jackson is the hitman who must testify against a dictator (Gary Oldman) before the International Court of Justice in the Hague. Ryan Reynolds is the bodyguard assigned (coerced) to make sure he gets there. On opposing sides of the law previously (Jackson has tried to kill him on numerous occasions, they try to bury their differences and stay alive as the dictators thugs are in hot pursuit. Along the way, Salma Hayek gives a funny, trash talking performance as Jackson girlfriend and there is a wonderfully choreographed chase of two....particularly one involving cars, a speed boat, a motorcycle and a Netherlands canal....it took my breath away. (Spoiler alert....Best line in the film....Reynolds asks about Jackson and Hayek ....."How did you meet? Christian Mingle?") A funny, preposterous at times, throwback to those good guy/bad guy buddy movies we all loved. And still do, as it turns out.
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