THE HITMAN's BODYGUARD
Year: 2017 ‧ Genre: Action/Adventure ‧ Duration: 1h 58m
Initial release: 17 August 2017 (Russia)
Director: Patrick Hughes
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Music composed by: Atli Örvarsson
Screenplay: Tom O'Connor
Summary: The world's top protection agent is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world's most notorious hit men. The relentless bodyguard and manipulative assassin have been on the opposite end of the bullet for years and are thrown together for a wildly outrageous 24 hours. During their journey from England to the Hague, they encounter high-speed car chases, outlandish boat escapades and a merciless Eastern European dictator who is out for blood.
Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson Are a Great, Terrible Team in the New Hitman's Bodyguard
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The buddy movie formula can encompass far more than just mismatched police officers who inevitably have to partner up with each other. Writers just need to make sure two characters who hate each other’s guts are forced to spend a lot of time in close quarters, and the latest trailer for The Hitman’s Bodyguard shows that there’s at least one iteration of the formula that we haven’t seen play out on the big screen quite yet. But why would a hitman need a bodyguard? Because he’s a key witness in a trial against one of the world’s worst dictators. Um, sure…I guess I can buy that. No one ever promised every instance of this formula had to make perfect sense.
This is largely a rehash of some of the footage we’ve seen in the film’s first two trailers, with a few bits of new stuff sprinkled in. But the more I see from this film, the more I realize that I can’t quite get on this movie’s wavelength (or at least the marketing department’s wavelength). I like both Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, and I appreciate the buddy movie formula as much as the next person, but I can’t shake the feeling that this movie has a visual blandness to it and the humor being showcased isn’t clicking for me. I’d love for this to just be a simple case of me being too harsh on a trailer because that means I’ll probably like the film when I see it, but for now, I’m just not feeling this one.
What do you all think?
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The buddy movie formula can encompass far more than just mismatched police officers who inevitably have to partner up with each other. Writers just need to make sure two characters who hate each other’s guts are forced to spend a lot of time in close quarters, and the latest trailer for The Hitman’s Bodyguard shows that there’s at least one iteration of the formula that we haven’t seen play out on the big screen quite yet. But why would a hitman need a bodyguard? Because he’s a key witness in a trial against one of the world’s worst dictators. Um, sure…I guess I can buy that. No one ever promised every instance of this formula had to make perfect sense.
This is largely a rehash of some of the footage we’ve seen in the film’s first two trailers, with a few bits of new stuff sprinkled in. But the more I see from this film, the more I realize that I can’t quite get on this movie’s wavelength (or at least the marketing department’s wavelength). I like both Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, and I appreciate the buddy movie formula as much as the next person, but I can’t shake the feeling that this movie has a visual blandness to it and the humor being showcased isn’t clicking for me. I’d love for this to just be a simple case of me being too harsh on a trailer because that means I’ll probably like the film when I see it, but for now, I’m just not feeling this one.
What do you all think?
Popular HashTags# :
#HitmansBodyguard
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