The Hitman's Bodyguard Film Review

Finished watching The Hitman's Bodyguard, directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Ryan Reynolds, Tsuwayuki Saotome, Gary Oldman, Samuel L Jackson, Salma Hayek and Élodie Yung. The film opens with bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) on an assignment that goes horribly wrong for him when the person who hired him, Takashi Kurosawa (Tsuwayuki Saotome) is killed by a sniper which leads to Michael getting a significant demotion. A couple of years later dictator Vladislav Dukhovich (Gary Oldman) has been brought to the International Court of Justice for crimes against humanity and is on the verge of being released due to the prosecution not having enough witnesses as all have been kill before getting to the court. This leads to Interpol to get hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L Jackson) to testify in the court with the promise that his wife Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) will be set free in return. While on the way to the court the Interpol transport is attacked with Darius and agent Amelia Roussel (Élodie Yung) being the only survivors causes Amelia to call her ex Michael in hope he can get Darius to court without getting killed. Overall this was a great film as the great comedy and action of the film are mixed together incredibly well. The action set pieces are brought to life greatly thanks to the way they are shot and edited together essentially when there are two separate fights happening with Michael and Darius in different places don't take the spotlight away for one or the other as each have their own feel. The interactions between Michael and Darius are amazing as the two actors have great comedic timing, while the relationship between the characters builds throughout the film thanks to the great development and insight into the characters background. 8/10.