Reviews & Ratings for
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

The Hitman's Bodyguard is a film directed by Patrick Hughes. I actually had no expectations while watching the film because of the Rotten Tomatoes' reviews. Then some of my friends happen to watch this film and said the film was quite entertaining, which increased my interest into watching this film. And after watching it, I can say that their statement was definitely true.

Plot: Micheal Byers has to protect his former enemy hit-man Darius Kincaid from the assassins of Vladisav Dukhovich.

Story and Direction: Patrick Hughes is infamous for directing Expendables 3 (which I personally didn't like). But Patrick has definitely improved from that time. And this film is a very definite proof of that. This film makes me remember my favorite genre of action-comedy films of the 80's which has suddenly gone lost. The chemistry between Kincaid and Byers is the one to watch out for. From their first meeting only, the film was a laugh riot. The action scenes are good. I was very impressed by most of the stunt work. As for flaws in this film, there is basically nothing new. I mean that, it doesn't have it's own unique identity. And some of the VFX in this film actually looked fake. Which kind of irritates me a bit. And also, we have the villain who basically does nothing. He just sits behind a chair and gives orders. But with these flaws, also I found it quite an enjoyable watch.

Acting: Ryan Reynolds was great as the bodyguard. In each scene, you are with his character. Sam Jackson was par excellence. When he enters any scene, he basically just kills it. Each time a profanity used to come out of his mouth, I was bursting out of laughter. Gary Oldman was not used much in this film. But for how much screen presence was given to him, I liked it. Salma Hayek was another one of the highlights of this film. I was liking her presence in the film. Elodie Yung was just OK.

Favorite Scene: The scene where Kincaid tells how he met his wife. I mean the slow music, Sam Jackson's expressions and Salma Hayek's aggressive-ness were all to look out in this scene.

Verdict: The film is a very enjoyable watch like I just said. If you go into this film expecting you will get something out of this world, please do avoid it. This film is a stress-buster.

I am going with a 7.5/10

Watching it in theaters(India) was a bad idea. Half of the dialogues of Samuel L. Jackson starts with M***F. Now imagine that being muted throughout the movie with some random f**ks.
Its a typical buddy action comedy. Samuel L. Jackson's laugh and the chemistry between the two is what makes this movie delightful and watchable.