The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

THE GIST: Michael Bryce is on a long sought sabbatical when Sonia Kincaid recruits him to help her find and save her husband Darius. Unfortunately, they then get recruited to stop a Greek billionaire from sabotaging Europe's electrical grid.

Let's be honest here, if you've decided to watch The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard it's because you enjoyed The Hitman's Bodyguard's relentless hysterical bickering of its leads, Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson.

Both are back here, as well as Salma Hayek, which is great and really the only gratifying thing, because there's very little else going on.

While the original had a somewhat cogent plot and a downright scary bad guy, the crisis at the center of this sequel is so utterly inconceivable that one just can't take it seriously (suspension of disbelief by damned).

Antonio Banderas is okay as the villain but, because of the unlikeliness of the plot mentioned above, you know right away that his plans cannot succeed.

THE BOTTOM LINE: It's great fun to see these three actors unleashed, but by the time the credits roll your brain has already moved on.

Grade: 5