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This is the long review, and it contains A SERIOUS SPOILER…and this movie is good enough to see first, before hearing about the ending. So if you haven’t seen it, please don’t read this until you have. (This means you, Mr. Otter).
They’re both assassins, although neither knows that about the other.
And no, that’s not the spoiler, that’s all over the trailers.
Assessment:
Brad Pitt. A good actor, although totally not a honey.
Angelina Jolie. Ditto.
Brad Pitt. Amusing. Slightly self deprecating. Delivers lines well.
Angelina Jolie. Ditto.
Brad Pitt. Although not a honey, totally easy on the eye.
Angelina Jolie. Ditto.
You get the picture.
This was actually very much better than I expected…the three things the audience is in it for are:
- The contrast between what they do for a living and their rather humdrum (although fairly luxurious, by most ordinary peoples’ standards) life together
- How the heck can they keep their real jobs secret from each other?
- And of course, what happens when they FINALLY find out about each other?
And the audience is not disappointed…this is fast moving, funny, and full of action. Jolie and Pitt kick butt, including each other’s, and I loved the fact that Jolie actually kicks more and better butt than Brad, very nicely done.
I read somewhere that there was a hot sex scene that they cut from this to lower the rating…they build up to it nicely, but after all the buildup it would still have been nice to see a little more of it…but that’s a small criticism. Overall, this one was a winner and well worth watching.
Reality Police: They’ve been set up. Everyone in both their organizations is out to get them. They’re trapped. They have nowhere to go. They have more weapons than any other human beings could possibly carry. They do the Butch and Sundance thing, come out with all guns blazing, shoot everything in sight…and it’s suddenly all right?
Nope, sorry, didn’t work for me. They were killing low level flacks and hit men, not the guys in charge of either organization who decided they needed taking out, and that problem was never resolved.
Oh, and also, even though Jolie seemed to work for an all-women organization, and the forces of both orgs were combined to take the two out, all the people attacking them at the end were men…hm. Probably just better not to notice, it was a HECK of a fight scene.
And don’t think that just because the ending jumped the rails that I didn’t like this, I’ll probably see it again someday, it was really good amusing eye candy.