Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard by JEWELSTAITEFAN

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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 02:13
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 2:13 AM

This film comes out tomorrow, so I went to see it tonight.

I wasn't too sure about watching it, but nothing else looked interesting. Had seen a few clips which piqued me a bit.

I have seen trailers, ads and descriptions about it and never got a good idea what it was all about. Now having seen it, I understand why that was. I don't think I could give a more comprehensible description, unless I spend a bunch of time trying to.

I enjoyed it much more than I expected to. Some parts I thought were sort of preamble of the upcoming Free Guy. Other times I had the distinct vibe of Deadpool. If you enjoyed the humor and irreverence of DP, you will likely enjoy HWB even more than I did.
Rated R for language. I recall once that the film Showgirls was going to be aired on Broadcast TV in Primetime - what was the point? That was so heavily edited that the 2 hour movie ended up with about 20 minutes of cuts which could be aired. Salma Hayek has such a filthy mouth in this film that airing it in Primetime broadcast might have similar results, with far less than 1/2 hour of cuts which could be suitable for airing. Sam Jackson does his normal level of swearing, but in this he doesn't hold a cabdle to Salma. The saving grace might be that, largely due to her accent, she could be dubbed similar to how Sigourney Weaver was done in Galaxy Quest (part of the joke was that the original release was obviously dubbed while her mouth very clearly expressed a vulgarity).
ETA: the potty mouth was used for comedic effect.

Lots of action, with quite some innovative scenes. Quite a bit of twists, but likely not extremely unheard of. Sometimes I felt that "chewing the dialogue/scenery" was an apt description.

If you go to see this, I suggest you go when alert, so you can absorb as much of the displayed scenes, phrases, story/plot, and action as you can. I cannot imagine this would come off as well on a small screen, or a slower screen.
There are so many potential spoilers to expose, so I'll avoid giving much detail.

If you see this hoping for a Merchant Ivory production, you'll be disappointed. Otherwise, if you have any idea what this is about, I'll assume you find much of this film to enjoy.

2 codas. First is right after the end credit role of the actors.
The second is at the very end of all the credits, which is then followed by the blue ratings placard for the film.

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