The bonus features are mostly some promotional featurettes, but they provide some interesting looks at the making of the film. Clarity is excellent, and the score sounds rich across my setup. My speakers rattled with every explosion, and the subwoofer provided nice low-end. The Dolby Atmos soundtrack is sharp and impressive. The many dark, indoor scenes (including a nightclub, a bar, and a cave dungeon) show nice detail and some nice “pop” with reds and blues. The daytime scenes tint yellow, and the exotic countryside presents lush, deep greens. Thankfully, the disc’s Dolby Vision and HDR provide a fantastic color palette. The video transfer is good, with some digital grain added, but the image focus is sometimes soft. The 4K disc offers a solid technical presentation. Keep your expectations low and enjoy it for what it is. Ultimately, it’s a fun film to watch on the weekend with beer and nachos. It isn’t quite as good as those films, but it is more kinetic, more profane, and more violent than those movies. The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard tries to channel some Lethal Weapon, action-comedy energy, and that’s not a bad thing to aspire to. Morgan Freeman shows up about halfway through the film, and he seems criminally underused, as does Banderas. Instead, focus on how much fun the cast seems to be having, including Antonio Banderas as the hammy villain. Don’t give it much thought: it’s more of a means to an end. There’s actually a plot here, but it involves a cyberattack and the fall of civilization or something. Her heavily-accented potty mouth is hilarious. It gets monotonous, except where Hayek is concerned. The script could have benefited from more wit, instead of relying on profanity to be funny. The jokes hit at a machine-gun’s pace, but too many don’t quite land.

Their charisma and comedic instincts save this film from mediocrity. The script’s shortcomings would have been a stumbling block for lesser actors, but here, we have some A-list actors who know how to improve the material.

This isn’t the first film to take an outrageous, slapstick approach to the action genre, but the story doesn’t always deliver. The story and dialogue are both cheesy and non-sensical, with plot points that dismiss logic in favor of mindless action. The script is a little too tongue-in-cheek, and the over-the-top, Looney Tunes-like zaniness is a bit much, and that isn’t even considering the F-bombs being dropped every 15 seconds. If I’m being honest, I must admit that the film isn’t exactly an instant classic.

The hitman&#39;s bodyguard trailer

The hitman's bodyguard trailer