The Hitman's Bodyguard is a completely forgettable action comedy where Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson play exaggerated versions of themselves.
I don't really remember much of the plot. Or the jokes. Or the action. I do remember that the plot was very conventional and that there was a super obvious twist. The only jokes I can remember is the nuns on the bus loving Jackson and hating Reynolds, and the running joke about Jackson's wife (played by Salma Hayek). There are no action scenes which are more than trailer moments, and they make the weird choice to have popular songs playing over the fights, even though a musical identity is in no way established.
Really, I found The Hitman's Bodyguard to be fun, but in a bad way. It's the sort of thing where you enjoy yourself at the time, but it's not something you think back on positively.
In short: The film coasts by on the charm of the leads, but is dragged down by everything else.
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