The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Q&A With the Cast of 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'
Q&A With the Cast of 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard'
We sat down with Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek Pinault, and director Patrick Hughes from The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard to talk about on-screen slaps, spray tans, and hilarious behind-the-scenes moments.
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- TriviaRyan Reynolds has said of being slapped around in this movie: "In Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, I'm slapped in the face twice by Salma Hayek and once by Samuel L. Jackson. For the record, it was Salma who didn't pull the punches. Not even once. I can still feel the sharp sting of her tiny hand working its way into my soft Hollywood cheekbones. May God have mercy on her soul."
- GoofsWhen demonstrating virus in Zagreb, Croatia, there is a scene with subway train derailing. There isn't any subway in Croatia.
- Quotes
Sonia Kincaid: I would make a great mother, don't you think?
Michael Bryce: Oh, my God. A child would be so lucky to have you as its host.
Sonia Kincaid: Thank you. It must be your powerful asexuality that makes you such a good listener.
- Crazy creditsThere is one mid-credit scene that takes place and a final placeholder "Dedicated to Gary and Johan" card during the final moments. Gary and Johan "died" being decoys for Michael and Darius.
- Alternate versionsAs was the case with their release of Rambo: Hồi Kết Đẫm Máu (2019), Lionsgate cut this film down from its original running time to have more screenings in the US. Other territories like Australia, Europe and Asia have the uncut 117 minute version which was screened theatrically.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Oscars (2021)
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Performed by Dan Smith
(P) 1975 Biograph Records
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Featured review
My wife and I settled into a nice evening looking for light, funny entertainment, so we spun up this BluRay disc from our public library. We got almost halfway when I hit 'pause' and asked, "Are you enjoying this movie?" She wasn't and I had only gone that far because she was still in the room.
On the surface the story has elements necessary to make an entertaining movie, an unlikely team of three have the task of tracking down the bad guys and saving the world. But we were overwhelmed right away by two big problems:
First all the dialog is filled with filthy language, not just a little but seemingly the script tries to put as much filthy language as is possible. Just for the sake of filling the script with filthy language. All the way through the movie. For us it would be like trying to have a nice steak at a restaurant and the waiter coming by every 30 seconds and spraying pepper sauce into our faces. Now we're not prudes, but when dialog has such pervasive filthy language then soon all meaning goes away because we find ourselves wondering "Why do they think so much filthy language is entertaining?"
The second big problem is one scene after the other after the other with gun battles. From start to finish (I skipped around after the 45 minute mark to get a feel for how the second half of the movie is presented) all we get is shooting and more shooting. Just so much that soon all meaning of the story goes away.
Now we realize some viewers really like this sort of stuff, they are entertained by it, but to us it is a mystery. There are so many good TV shows and movies, how can someone be entertained by this sort of movie? We can't comprehend it.
On the surface the story has elements necessary to make an entertaining movie, an unlikely team of three have the task of tracking down the bad guys and saving the world. But we were overwhelmed right away by two big problems:
First all the dialog is filled with filthy language, not just a little but seemingly the script tries to put as much filthy language as is possible. Just for the sake of filling the script with filthy language. All the way through the movie. For us it would be like trying to have a nice steak at a restaurant and the waiter coming by every 30 seconds and spraying pepper sauce into our faces. Now we're not prudes, but when dialog has such pervasive filthy language then soon all meaning goes away because we find ourselves wondering "Why do they think so much filthy language is entertaining?"
The second big problem is one scene after the other after the other with gun battles. From start to finish (I skipped around after the 45 minute mark to get a feel for how the second half of the movie is presented) all we get is shooting and more shooting. Just so much that soon all meaning of the story goes away.
Now we realize some viewers really like this sort of stuff, they are entertained by it, but to us it is a mystery. There are so many good TV shows and movies, how can someone be entertained by this sort of movie? We can't comprehend it.
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- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
- Filming locations
- Rijeka, Croatia(location, port town, second unit, shoot: seven days)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,014,727
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,397,820
- Jun 20, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $70,094,113
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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