Alas, Hitman’s Wife is stumbling more often than that. And yet, low-aiming genre flicks will still play better when their qualities aren’t tripping over the setup every five minutes.
Look, plot should never be the strong point of a greasy action franchise like these Hitman’s Bodyguard movies, and it certainly isn’t here. The actual scheme Darius stumbled into is as impenetrable as it is pointless, but suffice to say it has something to do with a Greek tycoon ( Antonio Banderas) destroying all of Europe in order to Make Greece Great Again. That’s where Sonia shows up to smack the perpetually boyish smile off Reynolds’ face and enlist him to save Darius (Jackson), Bryce’s former hitman client who’s now been captured by bad guys. So he’s decided to find some “Me Time” by vacationing/throwing a pity party on the Italian coast. It seems that despite bringing a war criminal to justice in the last movie, Bryce is still on the outs with the international bodyguard review board. When we meet her, she comes in guns literally blazing, and with a plan to kidnap Michael Bryce (Reynolds). She plays Sonia, the eponymous spouse of the Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard title. That disappointment is all the more bitter since at least Salma Hayek shows up and gives 100 percent. The best circumstance by which to approach this is not at all. Sadly, though, it really doesn’t matter if you come to this actioner in theaters or at home, sober or three sheets to the wind. I wish I could report that The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard achieves similar lowbrow charm, particularly for audiences starved for any kind of breezy summer spectacle this week.
Jackson and Ryan Reynolds and some excellent stunt work, went a long way. While that 2017 film was rote and overly familiar, the affable chemistry between Samuel L. I encountered the optimal such factors when I watched it with some tipsy friends whose idea of a movie night usually features beer and pizza. The first Hitman’s Bodyguard is nobody’s idea of a great movie, but under the right set of circumstances it could be the source of a great time.
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