Killers. Hmm…let’s see. Think True Lies, but swap a ‘horse-chase through Manhattan’ for a ‘car chase through suburbia’. Actually, Killers is funnier. It’s cuter and the actors are hotter. All in all it’s a fairly fun ride.
We start off with Spencer (Ashton Kutcher). He’s your run-of-the-mill assassin; typically brought in to take the bad guy out. Trouble is…well, he’s tired of it. The killing…the exotic, but eventually messy locations….yadayadayada. He seeks a little ‘normalcy’ and finds it in the beautiful, but otherwise boring, Jen (Katherine Heigl). They fall in love and set up shop in a subdivision near you. The problem is simple: It’s kinda tough to put in your two-week notice on the corporate job labeled HIRED GUN. That’s when all hell breaks lose and our plot unfolds.
I enjoyed it. I laughed. I ducked. I peed. Okay, I didn’t really pee, but you get the picture. It’s genuinely enjoyable. Catherine O’Hara, who plays Jen’s mother, is hilarious. She plays the lovable lush whose never met a Bloody Mary for breakfast that didn’t quickly disappear. Kutcher and Heigl share a pretty good on-screen chemistry. No, she’s not Demi, but they’re fairly believable and both hit the mark. Tom Selleck even chimes in a solid performance as Jen’s over-protective father…and probably one of the chief reasons ole mamma has been driven to the sauce.
All in all, it is what it is, and it is...entertaining. It’s 3-stars and worth a big screen view if you’re looking for something fun.
Well—the yard is, indeed, mowed…weed-eating done and even the spiders have been asked nicely to relocate—a message delivered by a swift broom. Have a great weekend…
True…OUT!
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