With a worldwide gross of $176.6 million in 2017 a sequel to The Hitman’s
Bodyguard was always a certainty. The only surprise is that it’s taken 4
years to hit cinema screens, in fairness a global pandemic didn’t help its
release.
Following on from the first movie Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) is now free
of her prison cell and turns to bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) for
help in freeing her husband, hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson),
from the clutches of the mob. The only problem is that Bryce is now
receiving counselling after having lost his bodyguard status and his AAA
licence.
Reluctantly Bryce helps Sonia Kincaid free her husband but then ends up
tied to the pair when their forced by an Interpol agent (Frank Grillo) to a
stop Greek madman (Antonio Banderas) who’s determined to bring financial
ruin to the rest of Europe.
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard plays to the strengths of the first movie,
car chases and bloody mayhem are the order of the day, although in trying
to add some back story, Darius and Sonia Kincaid apparently want to have a
child and Michael Bryce has a father who is a better bodyguard than him (a
nice surprise cameo), the story does tend to drag between the action
scenes.
If you enjoyed the bickering between Jackson and Reynold’s characters in
the first movie and weren’t put off by the excessive violence then The
Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard being pretty much just more of the same should
make for another entertaining watch.
