PREVIEW: The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Salma Hayek (Frida), Frank Grillo (Warrior), Antonio Banderas (Pain & Glory), Morgan Freeman (Angel Has Fallen), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Tom Hopper (SAS: Red Notice), Kristofer Kamiyasu (Knocking), Gabriella Wright (22 Bullets), Dragan Mićanović (RocknRolla)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3), director; Brandon Murphy (film debut), Phillip Murphy (film debut) and Tom O’Connor (Fire with Fire), writers; Christa Campbell (Criminal), Lati Grobman (Blonde Ambition) and Matthew O’Toole (Before I Go to Sleep), producers; Atli Örvarsson (The Edge of Seventeen), composer; Terry Stacey (Den of Thieves), cinematographer; Michael J. Duthie (London Has Fallen) and Jack Hutchings (Son of a Gun), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Four years after his misadventures with dangerous hitman Darius Kincaid (Jackson), bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds) is on an extended company-mandated sabbatical from the business. However, he is soon saved from an assassination attempt by Darius’ wife Sonia (Hayek), who brings Michael back into contact with Darius for another uneasy mission together…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson team up again for an explosive action-filled adventure, this time accompanied by Salma Hayek who’s been upgraded to co-leading lady status following a small supporting role in the previous film.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 14TH JUNE 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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