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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Excellent waste of time
Nothing new here or very interesting but funny enough to carry the thing. The action and charm of the first film are not evident here. The sequel was just played for laughs and that is enough for me in the times of covid-19.
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Morgan Freeman's character is totally wasted, could have been a jewel of a role but alas it is not to be... where are the screen writers these days? And Antonio Banderas as a Greek super villain?
The plot is a very basic "save the world", "save Europe" trope with very little beyond that. It has some over the top, gross, rated R stuff tossed in with some action it that seemed a bit forced but overall okay. It is a comedy with some stupid but fairly good laughs and Salma Hayek looks amazing as the eye candy. There is still some chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Samuel Jackson so I was very happy to waste the time watching it. There is virtually nothing else out there in the theaters to watch right now and I was itching to see something so this had to do and it did okay.
Love and Monsters (2020)
A pleasant surprise
I almost turned it off early on as it really looked this was going to be a dud when they started off making the Joel character a total embarrassment to his colony. But the script does let him man up and Joel ends up growing into a nice character after all. Although having the Michael Rooker character train him, making the older man with the most experience the main mentor, would have made this marginally better (but maybe then it would be too much like zombieland?). The dog is a nice touch and the monsters are served up in small doses so you don't get overwhelmed and it allows the story to grow at a nice pace.