I think this is neither better nor worse. Looking back at my 2017 review of the first film, I think I was being over-kind giving it 6/10. The 100 minute run time felt, for me, much longer. The shtick is mildly diverting, occasionally downright funny, but quickly outstays its welcome. Given that the writer/director team of Tom O'Connor and Patrick Hughes are in the driving seat, that's not much of a surprise. This one, I have to say, delivers very much "more of the same". Summary Thoughts on "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard": Sequels are very occasionally better.
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If there was an award for the clumsiest movie title of 2021, we may already have a winner. A McGuffin involving a diamond drill tunnelling into "Europe's data hub" to implant a virus is infantile. The plot here is shallow and ludicrous. 
When matched with some rather dodgy post-shoot special effects, the effect is generally underwhelming. The result is that although it has the trappings of a Bond or a Bourne - exotic locations (here, mostly Italian ones) exotic woman car chases heavily-armed henchmen huge explosions - it delivers none of the tension or excitement. Ryan Reynolds is not playing Deadpool in this one, although he might as well be doing so based on the number of times he is hit by cars and other solid objects. A general problem I have with 'comedy thrillers' is that the comedy nearly always negates any of the thrills.
(Although Banderas is like Sean Connery in failing to tailor his natural accent to any role he's ever in!)
Seeing Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman on the screen is never anything other than a positive. Among these are some of the outrageous tirades of Salma Hayek: her accent makes some of the dialogue unintelligible, but given its X-rated nature, that's not necessarily a bad thing! As a mid-50's actress (Oh God - don't tell her I mentioned her age!), Ms Hayek indeed has an arrestingly attractive form. As a comedy thriller, it does pass the '6 laughs test' in terms of the 'comedy' element. Tags: 2017, airbag, bodyguard, Bulgaria, chase, church, Elodie Yung, ex-cia-agent, funeral, Gary Oldman, helicopter, hitman, Hong Kong, interpol, motorboat, Nadia Konakchieva, Netherlands, Patrick Hughes, Richard E. Can the hitman’s bodyguard carry through the most important mission in his career? Undoubtedly, it’s a tough job, as the mismatched duo will have to put aside their grudges, and race against the clock in a non-stop concerto for bullets. The task seems simple: Bryce needs to transport him from point A to point B nevertheless, the trip to the Netherlands is long and hazardous, and Kincaid–as the only one with the guts and enough hard evidence to testify against a tyrannical Belarusian dictator–is an obvious target. Under those circumstances, Bryce would do anything to prove his worth, and, before long, he accepts an offer from Interpol to escort the international assassin, Darius Kincaid, from Manchester to the Hague. With his reputation in tatters after the painfully unsuccessful delivery of a distinguished Japanese client, the former triple-A protection agent, Michael Bryce, is now reduced to a mere second-class bodyguard for hire, two years after the disgraceful incident. Grant Countries: United States, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands Plot: Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller Director: Patrick Hughes Writer: Tom O'Connor Stars: Elodie Yung, Ryan Reynolds, Tsuwayuki Saotome, Roy Hill, Richard E.
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