There's really only one reason to see this movie, and that's for Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson. The best bodyguard around has to protect the best hitman, which means that this is your classic oil meets water kind of team ups. As a buddy movie, it's entertaining enough. It's not the best of it's type, but it's also not horrible either. It's just average? Maybe slightly above average? Very oh so slightly?
You should know what you are getting into when you see this movie. The plot progression is pretty standard. The narrative between the two main leads is pretty standard. The derivative plot cliches are pretty standard. The action sequences are pretty standard. The jokes are pretty standard. The story in general is pretty standard. As you can tell, I thought that it was a pretty standard movie. With that said, it's actually pretty enjoyable when it's at it's best, and just uninspired indifference at it's worst.
Reynolds and Jackson work well together here. Watching them banter with each other is pretty fun, and that is the best aspect of the movie. A lot of nonsensical things happen in this film, but the two leads make it work anyway, because they were entertaining enough to carry the whole thing. Salma Hayek is also fun to watch, as the very cantankerous wife of the hitman, but unfortunately Elodie Yung is underutilized here.
If you can forgive the very uninspired nature of the whole production, this movie should be entertaining enough to watch. I wouldn't necessarily recommend going all out of the way to see it, but "The Hitman's Bodyguard" does have moments in the movie that rewards you for giving it a chance. Just on the strength of the two leads, I really wouldn't mind seeing a sequel that continues their story. Maybe I should also leave things as is...
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