ridiculous and contrived

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2005)

Watching a movie for the sole purpose of seeing the chemistry between "Brad" and "Angelina" is not nearly enough for me. They have no chemistry as far as I can tell anyway. First of all, what "agencies" are they working for? They seemed to be simply private hit companies, yet they had the funding for all the surveillance equipment, military weaponry, etc. If they are government agencies, why would they be competing with one another since they would have been from the same government? It simply made no sense. Secondly, if their respective agencies wanted them dead because they were married, why not just off the two themselves while they were least expecting it? Why go through the trouble of pitting them against each other, only to have to go after them anyway after they discovered the plot and lose many lives and probably millions of dollars? Beyond belief and just a contrivance to keep the ridiculous plot rolling. The storyline actually had potential, which was why I watched in the first place, but it didn't deliver it even remotely well. Horrible. It gets 2 stars because of a few decent action scenes.