Re: mr & mrs smith
Alright. Get ready for the definitive review for the movie.
Good news first. If you are a fan of either Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, then you are in for a treat. Its PG-13 and is kinda pushing it with non-stop action and some steamy scenes. You will get loads of your two favorite stars.
And, unfortunately, here the good news ends.
The movie has literally no storyline. Or atleast no storyline that is even remotely plausible. The initial part of the movie drags on and on and on. They tried to make it cheesy and inserted some dry humor, but accomplished nothing, except making the viewer impatient. And when the action sequences started, it was like a cartoon. If you hated Kill Bill for its unrealistic depiction of action and violence, get ready for a similar experience. The one mandatory car chase scene was essentially spoiled when our heroes were placed in, horror of horrors, a minivan! Giving a run to three bulletproof BMW 5 series. And the kind of stuff they were able to do with the Chrysler minivan is something that was completely unbelievable and destroyed whatever was left of the movie's credibility.
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The main storyline, atleast what it claims to be, is that the two are assasins working for different organizations. The organizations are never named and it never became clear why and what happened that required both their organizations to kill them. Neither any kind of inter-agency interplay was ever explained nor the identity and rationale for which agency is following them to kill them. In fact, what the heck was Jolie actually doing in the intervening 5 (or 6) years was not explained at all. Seemed like a version of Charlie's Angels, or freelance good-gal killer outfit. The lack of any substantial or explained motive for the basic premise of the movie, rendered the whole plot without a rudder and the entire movie meaningless. While the switch from trying to kill each other to killing others was premised on a steamy love scene, it was utterly predictable and devoid of any substance. If anythign, Jolie initial attempts to kill Pitt were more hollow, and kinda bitchy. Towards the end, they killed all the federal agents (presumably, since they were never identified), and then went back to their marriage counsellor in the last scene, all smiles and goody good. This was laughable as it was never explained what happened that made the unidentified agency stop its pursuit.
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So, if your main purpose of watching this movie is to see Brad and Angelina, then by all means, fork out the 9 bucks and enjoy a feast. If you plan to get ideas for how to decorate your home with ultra-hightech gadgets, this movie may give you some pointers as well. If non-stop cartoonish action is your first love, then this is the movie for you. But if you are looking forward to a movie with some semblance of intelligence or plot or storyline, then you will be sorely disappointed. If you haven't seen the movie yet, this is the time to adjust your expectations before heading for the theatre.