So while he should be the straight man to Jackson's outlandish (and rather entertaining) hitman, he is, instead, just a zany guy full of quips who loves being a bodyguard more than life itself. But Reynolds is given a script that makes him Deadpool without the mask, smart mouth, or cool regenerative powers, a twist that would have upped the quality of this movie exponentially. Samuel L Jackson and Ryan Reynolds should be a match made in unexpected team-up heaven. Instead, this feels like the kind of film you'd put on Netflix on a Saturday and spend most of the time going 'did you just see that?' to anyone else watching as the stakes and silliness get higher and higher. It seems most indebted to classic action flicks like Die Hard and the back catalogs of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean-Claude Van Damme but it does not nearly have the range, script, or action set pieces to deliver. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard doesn't have the heart or ridiculously sincere power of a Fast and the Furious film but also doesn't have the action chops of a John Wick. Who doesn't want an all-expenses-paid European holiday? That's the only relatable part of the film, though. really.Īs the central trio follows their world-ending MacGuffin to many beautiful locations around Europe, you can see why three of Hollywood's most recognizable faces took on this lackluster script. All this sequel cares about is a high body count, outrageous sex scenes between Jackson and Hayak, explosions, and whether Michael will get his bodyguard license back. Darius has been kidnapped and while that seems like a movie-length mission to fill the 99-minute run time, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard has no interest in a single narrative or even making a modicum of sense. But he need not worry as Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek), the wife of his old client/enemy Darius Kincaid (Samuel L Jackson), needs his help. He's in therapy, he's on sabbatical, and he's hating it.

Returning to the action-packed and familiar world of Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds), a one time AAA licensed bodyguard - if you're wondering why we mentioned his license status, it's actually and bafflingly a key part of the plot - whose life was turned upside down in the last movie, the hero is now struggling to deal with his new status quo as an unlicensed bodyguard. If you disliked The Hitman's Bodyguard then this sequel barely improves on it, although it does ambitiously aim to be entirely unlike any other movie simply by being so derivative and out-and-out weird that you might think it's an okay 'WTF' watch. But while The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is a sequel to a script that wasn't based on an already existing IP, it still feels like a stretch to call it original. It's rare to have an original action movie in the superhero-saturated landscape of 2021.

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