Tyler Durden vs. Lara Croft - "Prizzi's Honor" meets "War of the Roses" by way of "True Lies"

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2005)

MR. & MRS. SMITH (2005) *** Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington, Keith David, Chris Weitz, Rachael Huntley. "Prizzi's Honor" meets "War of the Roses" by way of "True Lies" could easily have been the Hollywood pitch to the studios for this high-octane high concept action rom-com about a married couple on the wane who discover each other's dirty little secret: both are professional assassins and each are assigned to kill their spouse. Simon Kinberg's witty script, the undeniably chemistry between the two movie stars (both deadly sexy) and Doug Liman's sharp, kinetic and sleek direction make this slam-bang adventure into unlikeliness a true guilty pleasure, implausabilities be damned! Fast-paced and smarter than it should be the film coasts on pure charisma and muscle. Vaughn is a hoot in his Bill Murrayian unbilled supporting role as Pitt's main-man and mama's boy. Arguably the best Air Supply song used in a film  ever  "Making Love (At of Nothing At All)" during a hairy high-speed highway shoot-out.