The Hitman’s Bodyguard: Jackson fans go for it
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Élodie Yung, Joaquim de Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell Rated: 5/10 A heebie-jeebie kind of thriller action, bullets oriented drama helmed by the comic skills of a beautifully head-tattooed Samuel Jackson and baby faced top private security agent looking for redemption, Hitman’s Bodyguard is a film which you may want to go to if you have nothing else on hand. On pretty much a road trip from the Manchester prison to The Hague for nailing the genocide man from Belarus, it is more Jackson than Reynolds at any given time. The love-hate relationship, the jigs of the contract killing world, the histories and the geographies make this high speed, action choreographed bromance. Sought to testify against the self-styled President of Belarus, under house arrest in Amsterdam, Darius Kincaid (Jackson) signs a plea bargain with the spooks that will get his oomphy, foul-mouthed but golden-hearted wife...