Hitman & Bodyguard 2: even crazier, even trashier (review)
A sequel that has only one compass: that of pure deviance and total irreverence.
Released in summer 2021 in cinemas, Hitman & Bodyguard 2 will arrive this Sunday on TV. Is it worth a look? If you want to let off steam, absolutely!
At one time, they were called sandbox films. It was about finding a concept simple enough so that the actors could have fun like kids making pâtés. It was the objective ofHitman & Bodyguard which had a really lame concept and two really cool actors. The story revived the 80’s buddy movie with ultraviolence, crass irony and epileptic staging as it followed a methodical bodyguard (Ryan Reynolds) who had to protect an instinctive hitman (Sam Jackson). Amusing. And loved enough that we made a sequel.
Patrick Hughes is therefore back at the helm and this time he has decided to let go of everything. Hitman & Bodyguard 2 has only one compass left: that of pure deviance and total irreverence. We are therefore witnessing a series of post- John Wick and a festival of trashy and completely stupid jokes. This time the bodyguard and the killer must thwart the plans of a mad billionaire who wants to destroy the world with a computer virus. Their lethal weapon? The killer’s wife, played by Salma Hayek. It’s often hilarious, sometimes exhausting, but it’s good to see that (big) US cinema still knows how to be a little transgressive. You have to hear Hayek screaming why she can’t have children or discover who the father of Reynolds’ character is to understand that we are really swimming in a surrealist delirium. Don’t look for elegance or morality. You’ve just found summer’s true guilty pleasure.
Hitman & Bodyguard is a routine buddy-movie saved by Samuel L. Jackson (review)
