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The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

2021

Patrick Hughes

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas ...

5.0

2,585

Action. Comedy The world's most lethal odd couple - bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid - are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] is so over-the-top it's an insult to the concept of having a top (...) So is it, you know, fun? At times it is; at others it’s exhausting"
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Its occasional laughs drown in a sea of action-comedy tropes that have been stale for decades. These actors deserve much better, and so do their fans"
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"'Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard' is a marginally better movie than 'The Hitman’s Bodyguard.' But that’s kind of like saying that getting stabbed in the gut is marginally better than getting stabbed in the neck"
		Carla Renata rogerebert.com	"A comic book-energy spy adventure, gorgeously captured by cinematographer Terry Stacey and keenly scripted (...) is heavy on blood, guts, action, and star power. Heavy on blood, guts, action and star power. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Really, we’re doing this again? (...) The overall impression is one of movie stars screaming their lines before returning to their vacations in picturesque Italian settings."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"The sequel contains an abundance of explosions, car crashes and kill shots, although the strained air of hip irreverence soon turns suffocatingly stale (...) [It] is more of the same"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"The point of 'Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard' isn’t to be your favorite film or even a film that you can remember five minutes after you see it. You pay your money, you’re entertained for 99 minutes, and then you leave"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"This action comedy sequel is even more cliched, obnoxious, lazy and crass than the original (...) The whole thing is so shoddily put together it looks as though it was edited with a strimmer (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Scott Mendelson Forbes	"The kind of sequel that makes sequels look bad (...) Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas are wasted in this cartoonish and hackneyed action-comedy sequel"
		Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"[It] is overall a perfectly serviceable action-comedy, effectively balancing its two genres well. But like 'The Hitman's Bodyguard', the movie's strength is really in its stars (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"[It] is so atrocious, it makes the original look like a classic (...) The impression is of a creative team laughing that they’re getting away with this again"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"What this breezy sequel lacks in newness it makes up for with a more assured sense of self (...) No one will ever confuse this for a good movie"
		Derek Smith Slant	"[It] improves on its 2017 predecessor only insofar as it runs 20 minutes shorter (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Rishma Dosani Metro	"Salma Hayek steals the show in hilarious action sequel (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Hayek and the low-brow material she’s been regrettably handed are the best part of this unwanted, unnecessary sequel (...) Her returning co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds are, respectively, coasting and unbearable (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"This film, even more than its surprisingly successful predecessor, is exhausting and obnoxious. A few good lines don’t save a slapdash, snarky mess."
		Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"[It] is better than the original, but still can't make it good"
		Ian Freer Empire	"Lacking anything approaching originality, 'Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard' is a generic, by-the-numbers action-comedy sequel. Praise be for Hayek, who at least gives it gusto (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		John Serba Decider	"'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' is an extra suck-ass movie"

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