Yesterday I Watched The Hitman's Bodyguard - Mediocre Action Comedy Despite Senior Actors

Yesterday I watched The Hitman's Bodyguard. It is not a new movie, came out in 2017, but it features senior actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Renolds, Salma Hayek, and Gary Oldman. So I was interested to check it out.

Despite the sparkly cast members and my love toward action comedy genre, I have never heard of this movie until last week. A friend watched it on TV and recommended to me.

How the heck did this movie elude my attention? I immediately became super curious. Could this be a hidden gem?

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My Opinion on The Hitman's Bodyguard

The Hitman's Bodyguard is your run-off-the-mill action comedy movie with a touch of shallow romance. The story is about old rivals joining up together to defeat the ultimate evil. 

The main protagonist characters are portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Renolds. The characters do have fun dynamics but there was nothing special about them.

Samuel L. Jackson was just playing as himself, just like in other movies which featured him. The good old "mother****ker" bad boy protagonist. Meanwhile, Ryan Renold is playing as an annoying straight-laced dude who doesn't know how to handle a girl.

It was fun watching the two characters undermine each other while trying to achieve a common goal at the same time. However, it got old fast. The duo was not iconic. There really was no defining moment for them to develop a real bond.

Their back story was told but not shown. It wasn't really developed in the main story but told in series of flashbacks. Thus, I feel that the rivalry was not really genuine.

Gary Oldman, portraying the evil dictator of Belarus, was underused. He was supposed to be the big end game. Instead, the conflict is mainly against some generic henchmen. It was such a wasted potential.

As for the romance, I don't care much about that. The main romantic conflict was just a silly teenager-level misunderstanding. Although Salma Hayek performance as Samuel's gf was entertaining. It probably just a matter of preference.

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