Killers

Plot synopsis:
After a break-up with a spontaneous boyfriend, an overly cautious Jennifer "Jen" Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) travels to Nice with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara). While going into an elevator to go to her hotel room, she meets Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher). Spencer asks her to dinner and she accepts. The scene then changes to Spencer sneaking onto a boat, putting a cellphone-triggered bomb on the bottom of a helicopter, then taking out a guard. He then swims back and goes on the date with Jen.After a night of drinking, Jen reveals that she's not the spontaneous person she's been pretending to be and in return Spencer bluntly tells her that he's an assassin, albeit unhappy about being one. Unfortunately she's already passed out and hasn't heard. In spite of this, Spencer decides that Jen's the woman he's been looking for and decides to marry her. When Spencer tells his boss, Holbrook (Martin Mull), his plan, the response is that quitting is not an option. Spencer is defiant and goes ahead with his plan.Three years later, they are settled into their new normal life. After Spencer surprises Jen with a remodeled office, she gives him a birthday surprise: tickets to Nice to celebrate his birthday and their three years. Because of his dubious connections to Nice, Spencer is less than enthusiastic. When her friends ask about his reaction, they take it as signs of that he might be getting bored and fill her head with doubts.Meanwhile, Spencer gets a postcard from his old boss and the ultimatum to take another assignment. While trying to refuse him long distance, Jen's father shows up to take Spencer to dinner, so Spencer hangs up the phone, prompting suspicion in Mr. Kornfeldt. This is fueled further when Jen's dad sees the postcard and quizzes him about the XOXX (hugs and kisses), being odd coming from a former boss. Stopping home to change, Spencer finds that the dinner invitation is just a detour to bring him to a surprise party. While Spencer navigates drunken friends, Jen's friends continue to fill her head with doubts over Spencer's lack of enthusiasm for the Nice trip. This is further irritated, when the following morning, despite her attempts to be physical with him, Spencer rushes Jen off on her business trip.A little while later, Jen comes back (without having gone on her trip) to find Spencer being tossed around their house by Henry (Rob Riggle), Spencer's friend and co-worker. Spencer screams for her to get his gun (of which she was unaware) and she shoots the attacker in the arm. While interrogating the attacker, he reveals that there is a $20 million bounty on Spencer's head. An unidentified sniper takes shots at them, and Spencer and Jen flee. After escaping, they go to a hotel room where Spencer's old boss is staying, but find that someone has already killed him. Jen demands that they go to her dad for help, but Spencer disagrees. In the middle of their argument Jen vomits, and declares that she might be pregnant.Heading back to his office for Jen to take a pregnancy test, Spencer is attacked by his secretary (Katheryn Winnick) and realizes that there are others who know about the contract. Jen then reveals that she is pregnant and is leaving Spencer. Left alone, Spencer is attacked by a UDE driver, who is killed by Olivia (Lisa Ann Walter), Henry's wife and another killer vying for the contract. She then attacks Spencer and is killed by an explosion, after Jen rams her car. The two discuss their possible future and return to their neighborhood, which is holding its annual block party. When they first arrive they are attacked by two assailants. They escape and head to the block party. As they walk through the block party they receive many suspicious looks from neighbors. They enter their house to retrieve guns and their passports. Spencer is grabbing the guns when he is attacked by two assassins who he eventually kills.Meanwhile, one assassin, Kristen (Casey Wilson), one of Jen's best friends, holds Jen's mother as a hostage in a Mexican standoff with Jen. Jen's father arrives and kills Kristen. He then explains that he was the one who put out the bounty on Spencer. He knew of Spencer's previous work, and hired the neighbors and co-workers three years before in case Spencer started working for his old boss again, who Jen's father says had "gone dirty." After seeing the postcard from Holbrook in Spencer's office, he came to the conclusion that Spencer had re-accepted his old job and activated the assassins. He reveals that he had been an operative as well, and that he was actually the target Spencer was supposed to kill in Nice three years earlier.Wanting to prove that he really did get out of the business and had no desire to kill her father, Spencer drops his gun. Jen, now convinced, turns on her father and reveals her pregnancy. Realizing that he will be a grandfather, Jen's father also puts down his gun and the family makes peace. The movie ends showing Spencer and Jen's father working on some wires near Spencer and Jen's baby's crib. Spencer and Jen then leave to let Jen's mom and dad babysit. They all leave the room and when they close the doors lasers turn on to protect the baby.

Tags: boring, murder, flashback

Review:
Little did Jen know though, that three years later, the ghosts of Spencer's old job will come and wreak havoc on their seemingly perfect suburban life.This is the first movie of Katherine Heigl that I have seen.
Let's start of with saying that Robert Luketic knows how to direct, the pace in the movie is good, he never takes this film to serious and he know how to film a couple of good scenes.Katherine Heigl has shown to us that she can be funny in comedies, check the ugly truth if you need proof.
"Killers" is a romantic comedy action film, but starts out by failing on all accounts.Katherine Heigl plays the romantic comedy lead, she got the sexy part and at least tried on the funny part, but she was a very disjointed character that at times was really hard to care for or relate to.
Ashton Kutcher played the action lead, and he got the sexy part but was very awkward when he tried to play the romantic comedy lead.The film then spent around an hour showing us their boring suburban life.
But Ashton Kutcher proves a likable leading man and a pretty cool action hero, which raises this to the status of decent popcorn movie.
Newly single Jen, played with no charm or skill by Katherine Heigl, is on vacation with her parents when she meets her ideal man Spencer, just about acted by perennial action figure Ashton Kutcher.
I was feeling bad for all the actors involved, but least for Kutcher and Heigl who seemed committed to forcing a laugh out of intensely dull witted dialogue in situations which have been worked into much better films (i.e., Mr. and Mrs. Smith, True Lies, Grosse Pointe Blank).
'KILLERS': Two Stars (Out of Five) Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher star in this action comedy directed by Robert Luketic (director of 'WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTION', '21', 'THE UGLY TRUTH' and 'LEGALLY BLONDE').
Kutcher is about as wrong for the lead in this film as any casting job I've seen in quite some time (and the voice he chooses to attempt to do in the film is awful) and Heigl is just plain bad.In the film Kutcher plays a secret super agent by the name of Spencer Aimes on assignment in Nice, France who has grown tired of the violence and just wants a normal life.
The "film" Killers combines the worst elements from romantic comedies with the most hateful vices from modern action cinema, and the result is a genuinely execrable and repulsive experience I recommend you to avoid like a plague.Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl found pretty much success in TV, but in cinema, they have mostly been involved in no quality projects.I think that Killers is the worst film Kutcher has ever been involved in...something which is a huge insult when we contemplate the fact that his filmography includes atrocities such as A Lot Like Love and Just Married.As for Heigl, she had also participated in bad movies, such as 27 Dresses and The Ugly Truth...however, Killers is much, much worse than those ones.The worst problem from Killers is its absolute ineptitude to provoke any emotion.It is not funny, it does not generate any suspense, and I was only waiting for the holy end credits to come, which are the authentic heroes from this film.The screenplay is a pathetic combination of fragments from Mr. and Mrs. Smith, various sitcoms and the weakest "funny" James Bond movies (in which Roger Moore made a fool of himself).Director Robert Luketic made a horrible work, specially during the action scenes, because he felt so insecure with the fights and shootouts that he had to appeal to the trick of the camera with confusing movements and abysmal edition in order to create the illusion of action.So, in conclusion, Killers is a vomiting and atrocious film, and one of the worst ones I have seen this year.As I said on the first paragraph, I suggest you to avoid it at any cost..
"Killers" is a story about Jen (Katherine Heigl), recently dumped, who goes on vacation with her parents to France where she meets Spencer (Ashton Kutcher) the man of her dreams.
As they become 3 years married, violent secrets about lovely Spencer begin to unveil and then the adventures begin."Killers" is one foolish, unrealistic, anything-can-happen, whatever- the-director-wants kind of movie.
"Killers", just like other movies this year, is a based on one fabulous idea, that could have been well executed to create a different kind of film.
Finally, Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara who portray Heigl's parents add their 2 pennies of comedy during their short appearances which are nothing less than amusing.In a nutshell, "Killers" is a comical, no story, chain of events that take place in no brains land.
Jen's mother seems to serve as the primary comic relief element, this is just speculation because her role as an alcoholic isn't vital to any aspect of the movie.Killers was better the first time I saw it when it was called True Lies.
Ashton Kutcher is a comic actor with a good screen presence and Kathryn Heigl, cleavage and all, is a rather charming and quite attractive actress, but in this movie both are just going through the motions, saying their lines, getting through their scenes, and doing so in a way that brings new meaning to the word tedious.
The movie deserves a rating of 1, but because of Ms. Heigl's impressive cleavage, albeit gratuitously displayed, it gets a 3, not so much to entice people with voyeuristic tendencies to watch the movie but frankly because Ms. Heigl's chest is the only thing this movie has going for it.PS: Ashton Kutcher has a nice body too, which is also prominently displayed in this movie, but one must beware of movies that try to showcase actors as pretty boys.
Katherine Heigl also played the leading role in Luketic's previous movie The Ugly Truth, so they were no strangers to each other.It's the first time Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher had to play lovers, but you could hardly notice.
He and Heigl make a cute couple together.The movie is a combination of an action-comedy story, with a few romantic twists.
I wasn't expecting Killers to be the best movie in the world and I'm not really much of a fan of Ashton Kutcher so I had no expectations for this and I was right to have none.
The acting was pretty average, Katherine Heigl did a great job playing as her character Jen but Ashton Kutcher was very bland at times with his and wasn't really funny.
For a movie that is supposed to be a comedy, it didn't do a very good job in the laughs department, it was lucky that I laughed a couple of times.Killers is very boring, there's nothing else I can say about it.
Moving on to the acting, I thought that Katherine Heigl did great playing her character but not even she could save this boring movie.
The current queen of romantic comedies Katherine Heigl meets with the current king of romantic comedies Ashton Kutcher and the result is "Killers", a romantic/action/comedy film with some laughs and an almost abusive amount of clichés per second.
Here's the scenario: Jen (Heigl) meets Spencer (Ashton), the perfect romantic match for her while vacationing with her parents (played by Catherine O'Hara and Tom Selleck).
The action scenes are quite good but when he's quoting codes, getting touch with his superiors, these moments are quite laughable and unbelievable (the problem is that we don't know if he says those things with the purpose of making us laugh or he's not so convincing as a killer).
Lately, we're seeing this exactly procedure: take Katherine Heigl and one handsome actor in a comedy, then you have a movie ("27 Dresses" along with James Marsden, "Life as We Know it" teaming with Josh Duhamel, Gerard Butler in "The Ugly Truth" and now Kutcher in "Killers".
Here, they were okay together, have some chemistry but the sparks doesn't fly that high (In comparison, Catherine O'Hara playing the drunken mother of Katherine, was funnier than the main couple together).Perfect for those enjoy routine comedies with some action and romance but not much substance in it.
Her character in 'The Ugly Truth' was equally wonderful and hilarious.(Kudos to Katherine as she has discovered the secret of comedy) The movie however didn't retain a good story line and it had nothing new to offer.
This comedic spy flick starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher and Tom select and Catherine O'Hara was surprisingly very entertaining despite very negative reviews.
The action sequences were very violent and intense just how I like them, and Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl's chemistry between each other as a married couple was perfect, I found myself laughing throughout the film!
I went to see this movie with my girlfriend, as part of my "Romantic Comedy of the Month", and I picked Killers since I'm a huge Grey's Anatomy fan and wanted to watch K.H. who's no longer in the show.
KillersA surefire way for a wife to tell if her husband is an assassin is if he fastens a silencer to his penis before sex.Unfortunately, for the suspicious wife in this action-comedy, her contract killing consort doesn't have a suppressor strapped to his barrel.While on vacation with her parents, the recently dumped Jen (Katherine Heigl) meets a hit man, Spencer (Ashton Kutcher), whom she takes an instant shine to.Three years later, Spencer has retired; the two are now married and living in the suburbs.
But when Spencer refuses to take a new contract, a bounty is placed on his head.Targeting the romantic, action and comedy genres, Killers misses its mark on all counts: the couple has no chemistry, the action is cartoonish, and the comedy is clunky.Besides, marrying an assassin isn't all that bad – they're usually orphans, so you'll never have to meet their parents.
Not even likable actors such as Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl can save this film.
I don't know if Killers was supposed to be a comedy, a romantic film, or an action movie, but it is certainly didn't work as any.
The screenplay was written by Bob DeRosa (The Air I Breathe) and Ted Griffin (Matchstick Men and Ocean's Eleven), and I'm pretty sure neither of them will want this movie to show up on their resume considering they have done some decent work in the past.Ashton Kutcher is Spencer Aimes, a government hired assassin who travels around the world searching for his next target.
He is on a mission in France, when he meets Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl), an attractive and innocent woman who is vacationing with her overprotective parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara) in the same Hotel room where Spencer is staying.
Jen discovers Spencer's secret past and becomes involved in the whole mess.The plot is ridiculous, which is not necessary a bad thing since there is fun and entertaining ridiculous and then there is just plain and boring ridiculous, but the problem is that this movie ranks among the latter category.
Hit-man Spencer (Ashton Kutcher) meets and falls in love with Jenny (Katherine Heigl) whilst he is on a mission and she is on holiday in Nice.
It's not hard to see what attracted Ashton Kutcher to killers Teaming up with 'Greys Anatomy' star Katheine Heigel seemed like a good idea, as she was doing well in the Romantic Comedy genre with 'Knocked Up' and 'The Ugly Truth' both grossing over $200 million while '27 Dresses' made over $100 million at the Box OfficeWhilst 'What Happened In Vegas' with Cameron Diaz made over $200 million, 'The Guardian' with Kevin Costner under performed and 2009's 'The Spread' only made $12,000,000 Kutcher is likable and is the only real reason to see this, Heigl is really annoying as she does a really bad impression of Goldie Hawn in 'Bird On A Wire' for the entire movie.Tom Selleck appears as Heigl's dad, and seems to think he is in a different movie.
I highly recommend this movie for people who love the romantic drama, action and comedy and also a fan of actor Aston Kutcher.
OK, Killers starts off as a cute romantic comedy, but once the killing starts, the movie just lost me and the end is just off.Ashton Kutcher as Spencer Aimes is hot, hot, hot and sweet and manly and all that stuff.
Katherine Heigl has some good moments as the innocent naïve girl who Kutcher ends up leaving his assassin career for and marrying, however, too much time is spent on their budding romance and subsequent marital tension before the sleeper agent angle takes off.
This movie is junk-food for the mind but the good kind - you know the kind you crave for once a month when there's nothing else to eat.For a romantic-comedy I personally think that "Killers" is quite funny.
There are some funny scenes and the chemistry between Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher is okay but not great.
Long ago I learned to ignore the critics in the media; fortunately, I followed instinct and had a delightful evening watching "Killers." This movie is a refreshingly dead pan spoof of the ultra violent action movies popular today.Katherine Heigl plays the strait laced and slightly neurotic heroine who gets in over her head when she charms and marries a handsome young assassin.
this action/romance/thriller/comedy/starts off really badly in my opinion.in fact,i was ready to quit watching it out of boredom.i found no chemistry between the two leads,Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigel.their scenes together seemed awkward and forced.and the movie was boring.but then,just over forty five minutes minutes in,the movie got exciting and suddenly it was like watching a another film altogether.the two leads seemed to have some chemistry.the banter between them worked.the comedic elements also worked better.Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara had supporting roles and were very good here.the rest of the supporting cast was good as well.it's just unfortunate the movie took so long to actually become worth watching.for me,Killers is a 5/10.
"Killers" is a romantic/action/comedy that looks good while your watching it, but then you get home and let it process and it wasn't as good as you thought it was.This movie is obviously targeted to teenagers.
Jen (Katherine Heigl) is on vacation in Nice with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara), for goodness sake!
You take the bulging breasts of Katherine Heigl's usual annoying and uncomfortable "nice" character and you combine it with Ashton Kutcher's muscles and you get a classic romantic comedy that people will pay for.
For one thing, I thought it was hilarious, especially the parts where Spencer and Jen were just getting to know each other.Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigle portray likable characters and seem to fit their roles well.I like the romantic comedy parts of this movie the most.
Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl star as Spencer and Jen who meet in France and three years later are living the suburban dream of a large house and baby on the way.
Kutcher and Heigl have a nice romantic chemistry, which make them likable with good acting, also there were plenty of laughs.
From the director Robert Luketic, the man behind the ever- popular 'Legally Blone' comes an action comedy combined with a love story starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl in what is more than likely the worst roles of their careers.
This is a movie that only fans of Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl will find even the slightest enjoyment while the rest of more than likely to rested in post-modern tedium.
It tells the story of sweet Jen (Heigl) who while vacationing with her parents (Selleck and O'Hara) in France, meets the ripped Spencer (Kutcher), and instantly falls in love.
Kutcher makes a decent fist of Spencer, Tom Selleck plays Jen's father nicely against type, and Catherine O'Hara is funny as mother, although her disastrous drinking is a) played for laughs and b) never commented on.But if you like your movies to be credible, stay away from this one..
*Sigh* I hate when the filmmakers basically just say "you pretty much know what happens here so we'll just skip it." Jeez at least try to hide the fact that the movie is just a way to make a quick buck for the studio.Anyways 3 years after getting married Heigel finds out Kutcher is a spy and all these people from his daily life start coming out of the woodwork to try and kill him.
To top it off, Kutcher and Heigel have about as much chemistry as a pair of Tom Sellecks."Killers" is maybe the worst-told film of the year.
We meet Jen (played by Katherine Heigl) who is traveling to Nice, France along with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara) after a break-up with her boyfriend.Meanwhile, Spencer (Ashton Kutcher) who is also in Nice, France on an assignment to assassinate someone, cross paths with Jen, falls in love, and decides he would rather settle down, and exit his profession.
There are some scenes where you laugh, but they're few and very far between.This is from the same director that worked with Katherine Heigl on her last film, the Ugly Truth, which is equally bad, though oddly enough, is slightly better than Killers..
Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl, these two have zero chemistry and the jokes are so forced that they don't even seem like they are enjoying making this film.
They seemed to have a relationship more like sibling rivalry than marriage.2) The movie couldn't decide if it wanted to be a comedy or an action film.
Three years after Jen (Katherine Heigl) marries Spencer (Ashton Kutcher), Jen finds her life turned topsy-turvy when several killers emerge from nowhere to try and terminate her loving husband.
so again I will just tell you to WATCH THE MOVIE if you love comedies, Ashton and Katherine.