I was bored enough to turn it on but not bored enough to finish

Rating: 2/10 (5 December 2009)

The only reason I put this stinker on was that I saw Thomas Kretschmann while flipping through the cable channels. The story centers around a hangdog office worker who suddenly gets kidnapped by assassins who tell him his father was one of the best, so they are going to train him to be an assassin. These guys (and girls) really put the "ass" in assassin -- twice! I was quite disappointed as the movie got more and more ridiculous. Jolie was so bad (worse than usual I mean) that I was almost embarrassed for her. I'm sure she laughed all the way to the bank. I have no idea why Kretschmann was in this film -- he's had so much work since The Pianist that I can hardly believe he needs the money that badly. I can say the same for Morgan Freeman and Terence Stamp. Too bad. I like McAvoy, but with such a ridiculous story line, horrible writing, and some truly wooden performances, he never had a chance.