{"id":565400,"date":"2021-06-16T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565400"},"modified":"2021-06-16T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:52:23","slug":"review-hitmans-bodyguard-wife-likely-to-be-a-hit-thanks-to-our-woke-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-hitmans-bodyguard-wife-likely-to-be-a-hit-thanks-to-our-woke-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: \u2018Hitman\u2019s Bodyguard Wife\u2019 Likely To Be A Hit Thanks To Our Woke Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freview-hitmans-bodyguard-wife-likely-to-be-a-hit-thanks-to-our-woke-age%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1140826482.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Under normal circumstances, audiences would have responded to 2017\u2019s \u201cThe Hitman\u2019s Bodyguard\u201d for what it was \u2014 a B-rate bit of forgettable hijinx that would never have drawn the talents of a Ryan Reynolds or a Samuel L Jackson. Instead, armed with the straight-A\u2019ist of A listers, the movie made a surprising $76 million on a $30 million <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt1959563\/?ref_=bo_se_r_2\"><span>budget<\/span><\/a><span>, despite earning the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_hitmans_bodyguard\/reviews?type=top_critics\"><span>ire<\/span><\/a><span> of most critics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The secret of the film\u2019s success was pretty simple \u2014 it had very little competition. The buddy-comedies that used to be a fun staple of summer movies have not-so-slowly-but-surely disappeared in an age too sensitive for the shoot-outs and raunchy punchlines that typically appeal to men. Thus, the number of projects for comedic actors of Reynolds and Jacksons\u2019 caliber \u2014 jokers who specialize in the outrageous and offensive \u2014 are few and far between. If you don\u2019t have to work that hard to get them to sign on to your project, you won\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And so, audiences starved for something not approved by the sensitivity police were happy to turn out for a mediocre script <\/span><span>featuring expensive set design and even more expensive stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Which isn\u2019t to say that either the first film or the sequel hitting theaters on June 16, \u201cThe Hitman\u2019s Wife\u2019s Bodyguard,\u201d are a complete waste of time. The set up of an uptight, by-the-book bodyguard partnering with the loose-living hitman who took out his last client to save Europe from a villain with an exaggerated accent is an engaging premise. And though the plot doesn\u2019t do as much with it as it could, Reynolds and Jackson seem to be having a good time making the most of what little there is, as does Morgan Freeman in an against-type cameo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the wife of the title, Salma Hayek proves once again that she has an unmined talent for comedy, leaning into the stereotypes of both a fiery Latina and an insecure middle-aged woman who flies into a murderous rage anytime someone mentions her age. Promoting her from bit player to central star may be the only improvement in this second outing. Though the chance to see her reunited with Antonio Banderas is also worth the price of admission, even if little else is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But other than Hayek, there\u2019s nothing here you haven\u2019t seen before from all of these stars in better films ten years ago. Australian director Patrick Hughes (\u201cThe Expendables 3\u201d) seems to know he\u2019s the only game in town, and puts in even less effort in this outing making us believe that an international spy organization would turn to this motley crew for help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lesson Hollywood should take from \u201cThe Hitman\u2019s Bodyguard\u2019s Wife\u2019s\u201d inevitable box-office success is that if you build politically-incorrect action comedies, audiences will come. Jokes that would have felt old hat even five years ago \u2014 questions about Reynold\u2019s sexuality, cliches about his and Jackson\u2019s cultural backgrounds \u2014 suddenly take on the luster of forbidden fruit. A truly gonzo comedy like \u201cThe Hangover\u201d would make a mint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There\u2019s a harvest out there ripe for the picking, it only takes a couple of studios to remember that they like money more than they fear the censure of woke scolds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under normal circumstances, audiences would have responded to 2017\u2019s \u201cThe Hitman\u2019s Bodyguard\u201d for what it was \u2014 a B-rate bit of forgettable hijinx that would never have drawn the talents &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280433,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1140826482.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Review: \u2018Hitman\u2019s Bodyguard Wife\u2019 Likely To Be A Hit Thanks To Our Woke Age","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1140826482.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Review: \u2018Hitman\u2019s Bodyguard Wife\u2019 Likely To Be A Hit Thanks To Our Woke Age","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}