The Hitman's Bodyguard

Cast View all

	Elodie Yung	Amelia Roussel
	Ryan Reynolds	Michael Bryce
	Tsuwayuki Saotome	Kurosawa
	Roy Hill	Helicopter Pilot
	Richard E. Grant	Seifert
	Gary Oldman	Vladislav Dukhovich
	Rod Hallett	Professor Asimov
	Yuri Kolokolnikov	Ivan
	Nadia Konakchieva	Mrs. Asimov
	Valentin Stojanov	Petr Asimov Jr.
	Noortje Herlaar	ICC Court Clerk
	Georgie Glen	ICC Lead Judge
	Michael Gor	Livitin
	Barry Atsma	Moreno
	Ralitsa Vassileva	Newscaster
	Abigail McLoughlin	News Reporter
	Bradley John	News Reporter
	Mariana Vekilska	News Reporter
	Sophia Vassili	News Reporter
	Kirsty Mitchell	Harr
	Samuel L. Jackson	Darius Kincaid
	Tine Joustra	Renata Casoria
	Sam Hazeldine	Garrett
	Joaquim de Almeida	Jean Foucher
	Chris Brazier	Garrett's Officer

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Director	Patrick Hughes
Writer	Tom O'Connor
Producer	Mark Birmingham, Jason Bloom, Christa Campbell, William Paul Clark, Boaz Davidson, Marcel de Block, Tom de Mol, Valentin Dimitrov, Scott Einbinder, Mark Gill, Jeffrey Greenstein, Lati Grobman, Samuel Hadida, Victor Hadida, Veselin Karadjov, Avi Lerner, Yariv Lerner, Jing Chris Liu, Qiuyun Long, Matthew Milam, Matthew O'Toole, Christine Otal, Willem Pruijssers, Lonnie Ramati, Bo Shen, Trevor Short, John Thompson, Douglas Urbanski, Berry van Zwieten, Les Weldon
Musician	Atli Örvarsson
Photography	Jules O'Loughlin

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My quick rating - 6,9/10. From the trailers, you know you are getting a somewhat buddy type movie, such as the late 80s good cop/bad cop. This is the case here, well like I said, somewhat. Ryan Reynolds is coming off a major high from "Deadpool" and where that movie exceled, it creates a few problems for this movie. The first problem I have is you know I am not a fan of Reynolds (but I am coming around since he has been in quite a few good movies and I am putting that aside). Now this isn't the problem. This movie is far more serious and dark, dealing with a topic such as genocide as a backdrop for two quality wise cracking actors taking turns being the funny guy throughout a backdrop of constant action. You have the AAA endorsed bodyguard falling into getting an international hitman (Jackson) to court to testify against a really bad man (Oldman) for international crimes. So Reynolds and Jackson have to put their differences aside to make it there, alive. This is the good, and bad of the movie. As Jackson and Reynolds have to take turns making us laugh, at some points they are forced to be serious and end up falling flat. Reynolds seems to be the one that gets stuck in the serious role more often and it just doesn't work out. Each character, including Hayeks foul mouthed bad ass love interest for Jackson, all have unique traits on their own, but all three of them cannot come together in this movie. Oldman as well is great, in the somewhat sparse usage and again, his strength seems a bit wasted. Don't get me wrong, pointing this out is merely just that. Opinion. The movie as a whole is very entertaining and doesn't want to let up in the ride they take you on. For a summer blockbuster, this movie relies a bit heavily on the cgi, which I am ok with since it keeps costs down (i think about 30 million for this flick) and gives you the money to throw at the actors needed for your movie. So I would say where Deadpool went in with a joke in mind, this movie was far more serious in nature, and as I mentioned, dark, and by the end you might wonder even though it was so amusing throughout, it really wasn't a comedy at all. But like most people, you will still laugh, and you should. Just realize I believe this script was meant to be far more serious and they all just decided to take a different route as it went along. Comparing the two Reynolds vehicles is quite unfair, Deadpool knew what it wanted to be, and I don't think this movie did. But won't stop me from watching it again when it comes out on blu ray, and I will enjoy it as much as I did in the theater.

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