Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Ryan ReynoldsMichael Bryce
- Samuel L. JacksonDarius Kincaid
- Salma Hayek PinaultSonia Kincaid
- Antonio BanderasAristotle Papdopolous
- Morgan FreemanSenior
- Frank GrilloBobby O'Neill
- Caroline GoodallCrowley
- Rebecca FrontTherapist
- Gabriella WrightVeronika
- Alice McMillanAilso
Recommendations
- 60
Screen Rant
Reynolds has made a name for himself with fun action movies and, though this isn't necessarily his strongest or most successful franchise, it does deliver laughs and an exciting ride despite Michael Bryce essentially being the same character Reynolds has played countless times before. Even if Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is absurd, it makes for the big, dumb fun movie experience perfect for the summer season. - 59
Paste Magazine
The main novelty, and the film’s primary pleasure, is the commitment of its cast to its bloody, profane vapidity. - 50
IndieWire
Terrible green screen, globs of digital blood, and record-scratch sound effects in place of actual jokes are only potholes along the road for a summer movie that knows what it is, and is slightly less afraid to embrace that than its previous iteration was. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
While the team-up still fails to become more than the sum of its parts, at least we can appreciate Hayek’s enthusiasm for the over-the-top role. - 40
Variety
So is it, you know, fun? At times it is; at others it’s exhausting. Let’s call the whole thing fun-xhausting. - 33
The Playlist
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a marginally better movie than “The Hitman’s Bodyguard.” But that’s kind of like saying that getting stabbed in the gut is marginally better than getting stabbed in the neck. - 30
Slashfilm
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – a title, by the way, that is mostly misleading outside of a single scene where Michael serves as Sonia’s bodyguard – has a few brief moments of joy or wit. But most of those moments rely on the audience’s recognition of the all-too-famous cast (such as being delighted at seeing Banderas and Hayek share the screen once more, even with Banderas playing the bad guy). This film, even more than its surprisingly successful predecessor, is exhausting and obnoxious. A few good lines don’t save a slapdash, snarky mess. - 30
Screen Daily
For audiences craving shoot-‘em-up carnage, the sequel contains an abundance of explosions, car crashes and kill shots, although the strained air of hip irreverence soon turns suffocatingly stale.
