The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

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	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3)
	Actors: Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Gary Oldman (1984, The Fifth Element), Elodie Yung (Daredevil TV-series)
	Country: USA, CN, NL, BG
	Genre: Action, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 20.01.2018, in-flight entertainment system 10" screen.
Synopsis: Former triple-A bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds) is trying to recover his grade when his ex working at Interpol Amelia (Yung) asks for his help in protecting the hitman Marius Kincaid (Jackson) about to testify against the dictator Vladislav Dukhovich (Oldman).
Review: This movie relies on the often-used comedy recipe of forcing together two characters that everything opposes. In that case the world's best bodyguard played by the serious and involuntarily funny Ryan Reynolds (reminding me of his role in Deadpool and Green Lantern, so I guess this is close to the actor's own character) and the world' best hitman played by the unavoidable Sam L. Jackson who also sticks to his image (since Pulp Fiction for instance) and says about a hundred time the word motherf***er. Those two are antagonists in their line of work as much as in their approach to life, which leads to a few interesting discussions in the middle of a movie otherwise very oriented towards Action and buddy-film comedy. They are complemented by the presence on screen of Salma Hayek (From Dusk till Dawn, Frida), Gary Oldman and the lovely Elodie Yung that I discovered in the TV-series Daredevil followed by The Defenders. Nothing really remarkable about this movie but I was looking for an easy Action Comedy and that's exactly what I got.
Rating: 5 /10