The Hitman's Bodyguard
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The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman 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.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed The Hitman's Bodyguard as a cliché-ridden action comedy that coasts on its stars rather than earning its laughs, landing it in mixed-to-negative territory overall. The one consistent bright spot, even for skeptics, is the banter between Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds — though audiences warmed to the film considerably more than critics did, suggesting it plays better as a crowd-pleasing night out than as a piece of filmmaking.
“The Hitman's Bodyguard is about as close to a live-action cartoon as you're likely to get this year... That's not a style that works much of the time... but in the hands of The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes—and more importantly, owing to the chemistry of stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds—it makes for a delightfully ridiculous screwball action comedy.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“Reynolds and Jackson make this summer lunacy go down easy with their banter and bullet-dodging skills. They're the only reason that The Hitman's Bodyguard doesn't completely sink into the generic quicksand from whence it came.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Patrick HughesDirector
Ryan ReynoldsMichael Bryce
Samuel L. JacksonDarius Kincaid
Gary OldmanVladislav Dukhovich
Salma Hayek PinaultSonia Kincaid
Élodie YungAmelia Roussel
Richard E. GrantSeifert
Joaquim de AlmeidaFoucher
Kirsty MitchellRebecca Harr
Yuri KolokolnikovIvan
Sam HazeldineGarrett
Mikhail GorevoyLivitin
Barry AtsmaMoreno
Atli ÖrvarssonComposer
Tom O'ConnorWriterThe Hitman's Bodyguard
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman 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.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed The Hitman's Bodyguard as a cliché-ridden action comedy that coasts on its stars rather than earning its laughs, landing it in mixed-to-negative territory overall. The one consistent bright spot, even for skeptics, is the banter between Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds — though audiences warmed to the film considerably more than critics did, suggesting it plays better as a crowd-pleasing night out than as a piece of filmmaking.
“The Hitman's Bodyguard is about as close to a live-action cartoon as you're likely to get this year... That's not a style that works much of the time... but in the hands of The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes—and more importantly, owing to the chemistry of stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds—it makes for a delightfully ridiculous screwball action comedy.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“Reynolds and Jackson make this summer lunacy go down easy with their banter and bullet-dodging skills. They're the only reason that The Hitman's Bodyguard doesn't completely sink into the generic quicksand from whence it came.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Patrick HughesDirectorRyan ReynoldsMichael BryceSamuel L. JacksonDarius KincaidGary OldmanVladislav DukhovichSalma Hayek PinaultSonia KincaidÉlodie YungAmelia RousselRichard E. GrantSeifertJoaquim de AlmeidaFoucherKirsty MitchellRebecca HarrYuri KolokolnikovIvanSam HazeldineGarrettMikhail GorevoyLivitinBarry AtsmaMorenoAtli ÖrvarssonComposerTom O'ConnorWriterStream
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