Curved bullets?

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2009)

Its the curving bullets that stay in the memory the longest. That's not too much of a recommendation. This is about a shy office boy who wonders if his life will ever go anywhere. Then someone shoots at him. He is saved by Angelina Jolie and finds life becomes more exciting than he ever wanted when he is hired into a league of assassins.
These assassins are supposed to be highly moral. Only executing those who are guilty of crimes. Pretty good premise for a film. But how do you take the 'Loom of Doom' (thank you Dr. Mark Kermode) seriously.
Enough work went into this script to make it worthwhile however. There's a couple of clever plot twists which keeps this interesting: who's good and who's bad the plot ideas centre on.
The cast is also unexpectedly starry. Morgan Freeman and a largely reticent Angelina Jolie make this stand out from similar action movies.