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Posted in Movie Review, Movies, tagged Amelia Roussel, Élodie Yung, Darius Kincaid, Gary Oldman, Interpol, Michael Bryce, Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, Sonia Kincaid, Strong Movie Recommendation, The Hitman's Bodyguard -- movie review, Vladislav Dukhovich, Winston Churchill on April 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »

The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) — movie review
Today’s movie review is for last year’s comedy / action / drama: “The Hitman’s Bodyguard“. The movie stars Samuel Jackson as the “hitman” (Darius Kincaid) and Ryan Reynolds as the down-on-his-luck “bodyguard” (Michael Bryce). The corresponding love interests are Elodie Yung as Amelia Roussel (Bryce’s girlfriend / Interpol Agent ) and Salma Hayek as Sonia Kincaid (the hitman’s wife). The “bad guy” is Vladislav Dukhovich (played by Winston Churchill – I mean Gary Oldman).

So, the story is Dukhovich is on trial for crimes against humanity and Jackson has to testify against him in twenty-four hours or the bad guy walks. Action, action, action. Amelia calls the “only” one she can trust (her ex-boyfriend: Reynolds) to get the hitman to the court where he is to testify. Action, action. action. Blah, blah, blah – how I met my wife. Action, action, action. Blah, blah, blah – how I met my girlfriend. Action, action, action. Two guys become friends. Action, action, action. Bodyguard saves hitman, hitman punishes bad guy, and, wait for it… Happily ever after.

Okay. Is this a great movie? No. Is it a great or entertaining action / drama / comedy movie? Yes, yes and yes. I have NEVER thought of Jackson as a comedic actor. He and Reynolds nail the comedy. And the action. Okay, maybe not the drama, but gimme a break… This is simple entertainment, not great cinema. The sub-text of this comment: completely disregard physics, human endurance / survivability, and the ability of trained / experienced / professional mercenaries to shoot and hit the good-guys in any movie.

This is a VERY funny movie – but most of the humor is in the dialogue and dynamic between the two leads, so you have to watch AND listen to the movie. (WHAT? I have to pay attention? Yes. Sorry. You do.) Caution: there is an excessive amount of foul language in this film. It is not appropriate for anyone sensitive to obscene language (and therefore not appropriate for kids or young teens). There is also a fair amount of graphic violence. These both seem to be run of the mill in action movies these days, but both still deserve to be noted in cautions.

Final recommendation: within the cautions provided above, I give this a strong recommendation. I outright laughed a half dozen times and chuckled a bunch more.

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