Film Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard – Guildford Odeon

Published on: 23 Aug, 2017
Updated on: 23 Aug, 2017

By Dennis Harvey-Hepherd

Staring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, this is a rip-roaring high adventure set in the UK and Holland.

It is full of gun fights, explosions and enormous body count, all delivered in the familiar overblown style of such stories and punctuated by the inevitable expletives so associated with Jackson.

It sits happily alongside many other similar films such as London Has Fallen and all the Mission Impossible series.

What elevates this above the other movies is the performance, humour and chemistry between the two lead actors.

They appear to have had a ball making this film and it comes through the screen to the audience.

A great laughter and destruction festival, not to be taken seriously but enjoyed for what it is. I left the cinema with a sense of satisfaction and a broad smile on my face.

The full 5 out of five stars for this excellent film.

Opened this week at Guildford Odeon for at least two weeks.