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Review:
 John (Brad
Pitt) and Jane Smith(Angelina Jolie) have been married for about
five or six years and their union's beginning to suffer. The
reason is that they're actually a pair of super-spies who are
using their home-life as a cover, and don't know the other's
secret identity. So their board tears with each other.
This part is rather boring, except for the action sequence, but
then we get to the good part. John and Jane are given the same
assignment by their respective bosses and they inadvertently blow
it. They are now in trouble and soon discover that their next
assignment is to kill each other. Which they fail to do with
relish.
When this mission isn't accomplished, John and Jane's
respective assistants (Vince Vaughn and Kerry Washington)are
informed that there's a half million dollar price on their heads.
..that's the plot folks.
But this isn't about plot, it's about snappy banter and blowing
stuff up, which is why most people show up to this kind of thing.
Silly fictions hitting each other, What more do you want,
Philosophy?
This it delivers in spades. Jolie and Pitt are extremely
experienced as action stars, and this is what they do best. After
all, he was nominated for an Oscar® and she actually snagged one.
They know what they're doing, the stunt people know what their
doing and the second unit people know what to do as well. This is
an extremely professionally made film and it does everything that
it's supposed to do.
It entertains.
Some people want more than that. They want deep drama and
complications that tug at the emotions exposing the truth of the
human condition. You can see that on the news. This is NOT for
those people. It's for those who wish to turn their brains off for
a couple of hours and see stuff blow up.
If you don't like action comedies and prefer slow-paced French
melodramas, don't go see this. But if you want to have a very good
time, see this.
Eric Lurio
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