Went to see this film at The Showcase with my friend Aj.
IMDB says: The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
In this Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3, Red Hill) directed and Tom O'Connor (Fire with Fire) written film, Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool, The Proposal) and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Kingsman: The Secret Service) star as the world's top bodyguard, Michael Bryce, and his hit man client, Darius Kincaid, respectively. Asked by his ex-girlfriend Amelia Roussel (Elodie Young: TVs Daredevil, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) to get Kincaid delivered to court in order to testify against Belarusian dictator Vladislav Dukhovic (Gary Oldman: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins), they must collaborate to stay alive.
This movie was a rollercoaster ride of laughs and action. With excellent acting and deadpan humour, this more than made up for the fact that you knew what was going to happen all the way through. An excellent turn from Salma Hayek (Desperado, Frida) as Kincaid's wife Sonia, which was reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, great chemistry between the two leads which takes us into 'buddy-cop' territority, Deadpool-esque comedy and Bourne-like action, this was a winner for me. Oldman, as always, is powerful as the tyrannical dictator, if written a little clichéd, but for me it was the dialogue that truly delivered.
Don't miss the end credits scene of Ryan Reynolds having to wait for some bells to stop ringing to complete his scene.
Trivia: The movie poster showing Ryan Reynolds carrying Samuel L. Jackson is a spoof of the poster for The Bodyguard (1992) where Kevin Costner is carrying Whitney Houston. Even the tag-lines are the same (albeit with pronoun changes). A video of its filming in Amsterdam turned up on social media networks showing a car chase. A Porsche Cayenne is shown crashing into a Smart and pushing it in the water. The video went viral and the story changed to it being a stolen car in a real chase. Samuel L. Jackson spoke one hundred and twenty two expletives throughout the film.
Tagline: Never let him out of your sight. 7/10
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