Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with construction executive John (Brad Pitt) and tech support consultant Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) answering questions during marriage counselling. The couple has been married for "five or six" years, but their marriage is suffering to the point that they cannot remember the last time they had sex. They tell the story of their first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, where they were both secretly on the run from the Colombian authorities - since the authorities were looking for tourists travelling alone after a recent heist, the two claimed to be together to avoid being questioned. They quickly fell in love and married. John later states that Jane "looked like Christmas morning" to him on the day they met.
In reality, John and Jane are both skilled contract killers working for different firms, both among the best in their field, each concealing their true professions from one another. The couple live in a large Colonial Revival house in the suburbs and, to keep up appearances, socialise with their "conventionally" wealthy (and disliked by each Smith) neighbors.
Under these cover stories, John and Jane balance their apparently mundane marriage – which both of them find after a few years to be growing dull and suffocating – with their secretive work. When both are assigned to kill DIA prisoner Benjamin "The Tank" Danz (Adam Brody) during a transfer, they encounter each other on the job and the hit ends up botched. Each is then assigned to eliminate the other.
After making escalating attempts on each other's lives, the Smiths' conflict culminates in a massive shootout that nearly demolishes their home. In a protracted, evenly matched fight, they wind up with guns in each other's faces. John declines to shoot, his feelings for Jane rekindled, and lays his gun down. Jane finds she cannot shoot John either, and the two have passionate sex.
The renewed Smith partnership is quickly threatened by their employers, who join forces to eliminate the couple. John's best friend and coworker, Eddie (Vince Vaughn), turns down a bounty of $400,000 for each Smith (since he won't get out of bed for anything less than $500,000), but John and Jane find themselves under fire from an army of assassins. Fending off an attack which blows up their pockmarked house, the Smiths steal their neighbor's minivan and successfully destroy their attackers' three pursuing armored sedans, all while bickering over their fighting styles and newly discovered personal secrets.
After meeting with Eddie, the Smiths decide to fight together to preserve their marriage. They kidnap Danz from his high-security prison to use him as a bargaining chip. Danz reveals that he was merely bait, hired jointly by their employers after it was discovered that the Smiths were married, in the hopes of having one Smith kill the other. John and Jane forgo their separate contingency plans and make their last stand together. In the final fight scene of the film, the Smiths – now working smoothly together as a team – defeat an extended attack by a large force of heavily armed operatives during a long shootout inside a home decorating store.
The film ends with the couple meeting the marriage counselor (William Fichtner) again, where the Smiths state how much their marriage has thrived, with John encouraging him to ask for an update on their sex lives (to which he silently answers "10").
An alternate ending shows that they chose to move to another country and had a child who inherited their assassin skills.

Tags: comedy, mystery, murder, cult, action, romantic, entertaining

Review:
Heh. To all the critics, yes, there are a lot of explosions, gunfire, unrealistic battles, plenty of times where you think "they MUST have been hit by a bullet by now..there is noo effin way...", and over-dramatized violence, but there's plenty of good stuff too that should not be ignored.Probably the best part about this movie is the couple.
Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith is good fun, and does a decent job of satisfying the occasional need for summer-movies.The effectiveness of the film lies in the exploration of what happens to a failing marriage when the couple are at their wits end ...
The chemistry is good, and the actors are super sexy, which is always a plus for any film.The movie fails, naturally, when the ending summarily degenerates into what is expected of action-fare, the shootouts, gun battles, and kisses.
I find it quite hard to..i don't know..analyse this movie.On one hand this could be a masterpiece, with the swirling clever cinematography and the obvious chemistry between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (as they hitched up in real life during the filming).
Well, you have to see the movie.Yes, the plot is complicated, and sometimes doesn't make sense, like marriage, but on closer inspection reveals hidden reservoirs of true feeling and connection.I guess I had overlooked a great film, just like John and Jane had overlooked each other..
Ironically, they both believe their lives together are too boring.John Smith (Brad Pitt) meets Jane (Angelina Jolie) while both are in danger of being exposed in a foreign country, while working.
I mean, as an action film, I expect a solid R rating (look at Bruce Willis and "Die Hard" or "Hostage").No real complaints about this movie.
their comments are always so general I can't help but feel they are basing their comments purely on the trailer.I saw it in a full house with cinema owners, industry and press - even the film critics came out with huge smiles on their faces, everyone had a great time, the script is full of great one liners, finally an action film that all our wives will enjoy as much as we simple boys.Doug Liman, thankyou..
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play husband and wife "John and Jane Smith", a seemingly ordinary couple living in the suburbs, who each have a secret that they keep from each other: they're assassins for competing organizations.
Their marriage is put to the test when they're assigned to kill each other, adding even more excitement to their romance.Mr. and Mrs. Smith isn't the best film of the summer but if you're looking for some mindless fun then this movie should fit the bill.
So, it's no surprise the script is weak since he probably only focuses on the action sequences and not the actual plot and character development.The acting is pretty good and the actors make up for the weak script.
Together, Pitt and Jolie have more than enough chemistry to carry the movie and the film works so well because of them.
& Mrs. Smith" is a classic Hollywood production: big guns, fast paced action sequences, lots of punch lines that'll thrill the audience, and two stunningly beautiful lead actors (who somehow remain beautiful, despite all the mass destruction going around them throughout the second half of the film).
The pre-release buzz regarding the dynamic duo's on screen chemistry is absolutely true: as a pair, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are even more sparkling and charismatic then when they are apart (on screen wise, I mean; don't know what's happening off-screen).
well, since Liman's "The Bourne Identity" three years ago.The plot, for those of you who haven't already read about it in almost every form of magazine or internet site, revolves around a seemingly normal married couple: John (Pitt) and Jane (Jolie) Smith.
The last half hour offers the viewer some of the most stunning examples of why I love Hollywood so much, as pure mayhem conquers the screen, with bigger than-life action fragments (the best i've seen since the original "Matrix" back in '99), catchy one-liners thrown to the air, waiting to be quoted by movie buffs who'll come in droves to watch this, and intriguing (yet somewhat predictable) plot twists lurking at each turn of the script.
& Mrs. Smith" is made up of all the right ingredients to turn it into a classic action piece, one that could be watched over and over again throughout the years, and yet stay fresh and entertaining as it is today.
As in great writing, acting, direction, casting and generally a lot of fun.So far, so good.Here is the trick -- for viewers of the future, when we mere mortals have come and gone, but the IMDb lives on, this is better viewed as a time capsule.The two stars were, to under-state it -- at the peak of their fame and charisma.
If the dead had also been allowed to vote, who knows, maybe Helen of Troy would have won?) And the Bradster was also at his peak.Once you understood the hidden and secret dynamic of the film, it becomes both iconic and classic, and will be entertaining viewers for a very very long time.(PS == watch Vince Vaughn before TRUE DETECTIVE, also of historical interest).
When you think of a movie like Mr. and Mrs. Smith, you probably imagine brainless bloodshed and empty plot; but thats not what you'll get in this film.
However, as I had seen everything else on offer at my local cinema I decided to give it a go.The early scenes made it clear that this was going to be a shoot 'em up comedy/action movie that was making no claims to reality.
You don't need a description of the plot here -- you've seen it that's why you're here -- or you've seen the ads, which is just as good as seeing the movie -- better actually because it doesn't eat up your time.
When it takes on dimensions that would even be embarrassingly unbelievable in a James Bond movie, the result is like THE WAR OF THE ROSES on LSD: coyly malevolent but utterly incoherent.As the Smiths, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a fair amount of chemistry, most apparent in a dinner sequence where paranoia and cunning are served up along with tainted roast beef and extremely sharp carving knives.
& Mrs. Smith is an actioner/comedy/thriller that manages to entertain in spite of some serious limitations.John Smith (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) are not your typical married couple.
& Mrs. Smith from those other works is its sense of fun.Director Doug Liman showed with The Bourne Identity that he is adept with action, and films such as Go have shown his skill with plotting and character.
Both actors, who showed such great promise early in their career, seem to be reduced to making One-dimensional comic book movies that have no substance but a big paycheck.The movie self-destructs because of it going from being a look at a marriage that has lost that spark and both people are bored (sounds a lot like True Lies) to an action, shoot-em-up, guns that don't need re-loading and two stars that engage in all this and yet don't seem to even mess up their hair.
In this movie, The violence is within the marriage and setting aside the comedy should make people feel uncomfortable.A film needs more than sexual chemistry between the leading actors.
Nicholson conveyed a sense, at the end, that he may not have taken the action he did and you come away with a sense of sadness from him that he got sucked into an action and the aftermath that he didn't really want.If you compare it to War of the Roses, War had a great cast, good script, strong supporting cast and was filmed as a dark comedy that really, in the end, didn't make light of domestic violence, whether it's from the husband, wife or both.
Oh my God, yes Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are Beautifiul and they try to be funny, but who told the people in this movie that Bogota was an awful and dirty town and that we Colombians have that horrible accent and music!!!
If you like watching the camera bounce all over the screen during the action sequences then you'll love this movie.
There are a few funny moments supplied mostly by Vince Vaughn, and when Brad and Angeline are trying to conceal their secret identities and later when they try to kill each other (spousal abuse is funny!), but eventually it reclines back into every unmemorable action movie you've ever seen.
Angelina Jolie and Brad are great performers but I think the money that was offered to them made them do this movie.Brad Pitt starred in the fight-club and many others.
But one thing they combined this time is good acting in the worst movie ever seen.
Of all the movies I've seen in a very long time, this one is the most memorable: the acting is so good and the plot so coherent...
You will surely feel the subtle humor of all the funny situations in this movie.All the little details that make the film look like deeply real move me to a complete state of happiness.The producers of this masterpiece must be fine arts lovers to spend so much money on this picture.
Combine the amateurish plot line with the sophomoric one-liners that pass for dialog and you cannot believe that professionals actually put the film together.Guys will probably see it because Angelina Jolie is beautiful, but Brad Pitt just looks more coarse as he ages, betraying his classless roots..
The shoot-out scenes remind me of a bad Arnie movie (Commando springs immediately to mind!!) whilst Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie deliver absolutely atrocious two dimensional performances.
SMITH is one of the most richly entertaining, though highly improbable, action adventure yarns to come down the pike in quite a while and was responsible for creating a media firestorm which has come to be known as "Brangelina." Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star as John and Jane Smith, married assassins who have somehow been able to keep their occupations from each other for five (or six) years of marriage because they work for different organizations.
I don't typically enjoy big budget Hollywood films but after hearing that this film is about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie trying to kill each other, I thought it might be an entertaining offbeat popcorn flick.
and I really don't see any chemistry between Angelina and brad.For once I would like to see an action movie that has a good script, this one in particular had an awful one, But the blame is not only for the writers it's the casting crew, what were they thinking when they thought of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt together, it's just too much!
watching Brad Pitt and Angelina on this movie is painful, they have no chemistry at all.
I don't care one whit about Brad Pitt but I do like Angelina Jolie and I think that both actors did the best they could with what they had to deal with but this movie is just tiresome.
The first half-hour of this movie introduces the super beautiful Angelina Jolie and the equally beautiful Brad Pitt.
I'm not sure if producers and directors (with some notable exceptions) in US think on a good movie as a big budget, a lot of special effects, super stars in leading roles and stupid, forced and unbelievable situations.
Ditto the "attitude" that passes for performance from leads Jolie and Pitt.From the first scene, one cannot help but question how these two supposedly top-of-the-line (in intelligence and skill) assassins could not know and would not bother to check into what the other does for a living--not to mention that the people they work for would wait "five, six years" before showing any concern.
The film is smug and thinks it's really funny to have the characters make jokes as they kill people, as if it's some kind of clever action comedy.
Mr and Mrs Smith is a decent action film from director Doug Liman the man behind films like The Bourne Identity, Jumper, and Go. The film is worth seeing because of the impressive performances by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as the title characters.
The pacing may be a bit slow at times but overall Mr and Mrs Smith is a good enough action movie with solid performances by the lead actors that make it somewhat enjoyable..
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Love the plot.....two assassins married to each other and don't even know what the other really does, yeah this happens all the time.
I came to theater expecting it to be a great movie, but to the horror of me the movie was pathetic, i mean even saying pathetic would be appreciation for this movie.I watch only Hollywood movies because i like the way they portrait the lives of people which is quite realistic and much commendable compared to non realistic movies of Bollywood, but this movie is so bad that even Bollywood can't think of making such mediocre "Husband-wife thriller", i had no courage that i could watch full movie and after an hour i left the theatre.Sorry Brad Pitt, your movie is a complete loser.I don't why did u think of making such movie which has nothing in it, poor story, bad acting and even worse direction, everything just doesn't seem to work for this movie..
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been married six years, but neither knows the other is a hired assassin; once their secrets are revealed, they consider killing each other.
A bored married couple named John Smith (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) is shocked to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to eliminated each other.
I cannot imagine any other acting duo pulling off this complicated and very physical movie plot with as much style and energy as Pitt and Jolie as Mr. and Mrs.
The plot is predictable from the start and I could hardly be bothered to sit and wait for the ending.Watch it on DVD just to see the "on-screen chemistry" between Pitt and Jolie, and be mildly amused for a couple of hours..
Went to see this movie last night and was left wondering a) what is the point of this film and b)whilst Pitt and Jolie are both good actors, why do they get involved in high budget, low brow seat fillers like this one?
Both characters know that their job is to kill one another, but they have a hard time with such an awkward situation, even for assassins like themselves.In a nutshell, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a decent flick, but it's just that, a flick, not a work of art or the action adventure of the year.
A repellent, loathsome film, with a number of premises which you may wish to take issue with:* Being a hired assassin is an glamorous, exciting job * Violence is acceptable and funny - watch particularly for the scene where Brad Pitt's character kicks the prone Angelina Jolie ...
One of my favorite actresses, Jolie and Pitt both good looking, possibly the movie couple of the year.
Again in an older film like Seven there was a great chemistry between Pitt and "Gwyneth Paltrow" given that they were dating but they didn't even have to talk to each other on the screen; the same in "Spy Game" with "Catherine McCormack" the chemistry was in their interaction and by far richer than Ms. Jolie whom we are sold on this idea that she is this hot sexy thing that sizzles on the screen.I read some of the other reviews here and I feel I watched a whole other movie?.
I hate to compare but if you watch "Alias" you can see "Jennifer Garner" along with the whole cast really do their best in that one hour to bring depth no matter how bizarre the plot is; its her interactions with the rest of the cast that makes her believable, she can be tough and Daddy's little girl at the same time, she makes the character human and her face can take up the whole screen and you can read a lot in her expressions and I think she would have done a much better job in this film than Ms. Jolie.
In Mr. and Mrs. Smith you don't even care to like the characters; this movie had potential to become much better film; there was so many scenes that could have been slowed down and more about the problems of two people in a marriage and yes at the same time being funny and a action film but its became one big joke and even when you see Joile shed a tear in a restaurant thinking she killed Pitt its quickly ruined by Pitt's surprise arrival and their brutal tango throwing knives across tables and not even one person noticing it?Lets face it this was just an idea of putting two box office stars together to make an action film with any script; because there is no story here that you care to even understand, it has no direction even as a comedy; I find the TV show "Alias" more enjoyable and even more interesting than this stupid movie..
brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were left alone in the movie to act freely.
The chemistry between Brad Pitt (Mr. Smith) and Angelina Jolie (Mrs. Smith) is unbelievable.
Except for that detail i loved the movie and i think i can't imagine other two actors being John and Jane Smith, but Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
& Mrs. Smith" is the typical summer film that arrives at the time of the year where the audience wants to have fun.