The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.
Critics were nearly united in dismissing this sequel as a loud, unfunny retread — a rare case where the audience response was notably warmer than critical opinion. The cast's energy wasn't enough to rescue a film critics found built almost entirely from stale action-comedy leftovers.
“Hitman's Wife Bodyguard is a comedy with not one legitimate laugh and an action movie where cars keep blowing up while the A-listers yell at each other, as though that were inherently amusing or entertaining.”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
“its occasional laughs drown in a sea of action-comedy tropes that have been stale for decades”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
Action, Comedy, Crime
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.
Critics were nearly united in dismissing this sequel as a loud, unfunny retread — a rare case where the audience response was notably warmer than critical opinion. The cast's energy wasn't enough to rescue a film critics found built almost entirely from stale action-comedy leftovers.
“Hitman's Wife Bodyguard is a comedy with not one legitimate laugh and an action movie where cars keep blowing up while the A-listers yell at each other, as though that were inherently amusing or entertaining.”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
“its occasional laughs drown in a sea of action-comedy tropes that have been stale for decades”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
Action, Comedy, Crime