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Rating: 5/10 (21 March 2006)

This is one of those movies that seems like the perfect storm: two gorgeous actors (Jolie and Pit), a funny sidekick (Vaughn), the cross-over TV actor (March), pretty faces (Huntley, Monaghan), a crazy plot, and just enough special effects to make it work. Unfortunately, with all these bricks, it sinks under its own weight. The plot is too detailed to let go and instead gets in our way. Pit and Jolie, as a bored married couple trying to hide each other's identities as competing assassins, is novel, but wears thin once they discover each other and start the death match. There's little suspense, and this is probably one to blame on the director or editor. Vaughn, as always, steals the show and is the main reason the film maintains any sense of stability.