Reminiscent of the Lethal Weapon team of Mel Gibson ( Braveheart) and Danny Glover ( Shooter), it has some truly funny moments with a decent story behind it. The Hitman's Bodyguard is a reminder of some of the great comedy/cop duos of the ‘80's and ‘90's. The two then spend the next 48 hours trying to avoid getting killed and killing each other as they travel through Europe. However, when Bryce meets the witness it turns out to be none other than his archenemy, a hitman for hire Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. When he arrives she explains she needs him to protect a witness and get the witness safely to The Hague to testify against President Vladislav Duhkovich (Gary Oldman The Dark Knight). Suddenly, said ex-girlfriend, Amelia (Elodie Yung Gods of Egypt), calls him and tells him (not asks, tells) that he needs to meet her at an Interpol safe house outside of London. That one shot changed his whole life.įast forward 2 years and Bryce has been demoted to protecting paranoid, drug addict attorneys and the like. Bryce loses everything including the woman he loved because he thought she had betrayed him and that is what got Kurosawa killed. He was one of the best until a Japanese arms dealer named Kurosawa (Tsuwayuki Saotome London Has Fallen) gets shot through the window of his personal jet while under Bryce's protection. Have you ever had a sworn enemy that you suddenly discover you have to work with on a project? What if you had to risk your own life protecting that person? Would you do it? What would it take to motivate you to do it? Would you be able to do it without wanting to kill them yourself? What if it was for the greater good of mankind? Those are exactly the kind of questions I'm sure Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds Deadpool) is asking himself in The Hitman's Bodyguard.īryce was a highly sought after Triple A rated bodyguard hired to protect all kinds of people – some of them good some of them not so good.

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