dinsdag 15 november 2022

THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD

Date: 2017
Director: Patrick Hughes
Production companies: Summit Entertainment, Millennium Media, Cristal Pictures

Stars:
Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Elodie Yung, Tsuwayuki Saotome, Roy Hill, Richard E. Grant, Rod Hallett, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Nadia Konakchieva

Storyline:
With his reputation in tatters after the painfully unsuccessful delivery of a distinguished Japanese client, the former triple-A protection agent, Michael Bryce, is now reduced to a mere second-class bodyguard for hire, two years after the disgraceful incident. Under those circumstances, Bryce would do anything to prove his worth, and, before long, he accepts an offer from Interpol to escort the international assassin, Darius Kincaid, from Manchester to the Hague. The task seems simple: Bryce needs to transport him from point A to point B; nevertheless, the trip to the Netherlands is long and hazardous, and Kincaid--as the only one with the guts and enough hard evidence to testify against a tyrannical Belarusian dictator--is an obvious target. Undoubtedly, it's a tough job, as the mismatched duo will have to put aside their grudges, and race against the clock in a non-stop concerto for bullets. Can the hitman's bodyguard carry through the most important mission in his career?

Additional information:
To shoot the scenes around the famous Rijksmuseum the streets around that area were closed for several days. The result was the biggest traffic jam ever in the city.