Hitman (2007)Movies

If you think about any one element in “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” long enough your head might hurt.

Here’s a pro tip: Don’t. You’re welcome.

This is pure summertime entertainment, sparked by a well-cast duo, snappy banter and blistering action set to ’50s rock.

Complain too much and you’ll miss the joys of low-grade escapism.

Veteran hit man Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) has the goods on an Eastern European despot, a generic villain few could make matter.

Send out the Bat signal for Gary Oldman!

Darius’s testimony could send Oldman’s character away for a very long time. That’s assuming he lives long enough to testify. This despot has a veritable army at his disposal.

A knotty series of events...