I again appreciated that the film's evil plot was loosely connected to real-world politics. Long story short, the Kincaids have gotten involved in a scheme by mafia kingpin Aristotle Papadopolous (Antonio Banderas) to destroy Europe to avenge Greece's crippling EU sanctions. Alas, minutes into his holiday, violence ensues as Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek, the "hitman's wife" of the title) snatches Bryce off a poolside chair and thrusts him into a globe-trotting adventure. However, for reasons that make no sense, Bryce's climactic heroism has resulted in him being further ostracized from the unofficial bodyguard club, with a company-mandated shrink arguing that he should take a break from trying to break back into the field.
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At the same time, the professional protector and the professional murderer have reached a level of mutual respect and situational friendship. By the end of the film, sorry for the spoilers, justice is done, honor is restored.
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It was a "real movie."įor those who came in late, The Hitman's Bodyguard starred Reynolds as Michael Bryce, a grumpy but hyper-competent, low-level bodyguard indirectly tasked with delivering professional killer Darius Kincaid to a court date.
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Jackson as an infamous assassin-turned-witness against Gary Oldman's genocidal tyrant). It featured strong practical actions sequences, just a hint of real-world topicality and winning chemistry between its straight man (Ryan Reynolds as a former top-tier bodyguard brought low by a high-profile failure) and its creator of comic chaos (Samuel L. Patrick Hughes' The Hitman's Bodyguard was no classic, but it was a big, R-rated, star-driven meat-and-potatoes action-comedy that remembered to balance the meat and potatoes. In a less IP-driven time, original or new-to-cinema franchises of this nature were Hollywood's favorite happy accidents. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard isn't the first "unexpected" sequel to a surprise smash hit to fumble the ball regarding artistically justifying another installment and/or remembering what made the original click.