Sadly just another hamburger

Rating: 5/10 (16 September 2005)

There is absolutely nothing besides Brad kicking Angie's ass that you could not expect from this movie. The definition of a Hollywood high-budget hamburger comes very close with this movie. Ever since the first "love" scene which looked more like a Bacardi commercial I knew I was about to see an hour and a half of classic Hollywood ham.
When the movie was over I wasn't far off. My friends that watched the movie with me were all in a very indifferent mood. Their "no big deal" expression was pretty obvious.
OK now let's get to the point where I actually say what's good and what's bad about the movie. Let's start with what I didn't like. The director didn't take two seconds for the pure shock of finding out that ones spouse is a hit-man. It was like "he's a hit-man, I'm gonna kill him now". A few scenes were very far-fetched (the rope scene for instance). Not once I didn't feel that I was pulled in the action. The movie really is a two-hour MTV video.
And the good stuff? Well, the action scenes were not that bad at times but what else can you expect from a 110 million $ budget? I think the movie get's slightly better over the last 45 minutes. It finds it's pace in the cooperation of the two leads. But when Brad and Angie want to kill each other it just looks far-fetched.
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