Killers (No Spoilers)

So once again I made use of Orange Wednesdays and thus yesterday I went to see Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher's new film, which you may have seen advertised on many a bus: Killers.

The film is basically about Jen (Katherine Heigl) who goes on holiday to France with her parents after recently splitting up with her boyfriend. There she meets Spencer (Ashton Kutcher) a seemingly normal but extremely attractive young man. As far as she knows he's a contractor, actually he's a contract killer and similar to the film of Stormbreaker we see him going about his daily job, out on a mission with an impressive action sequence. Deciding he wants a normal life Spencer quits his job and settles down with Jen, marrying her. Three years later his old boss attempts to get him to go back to his old job, which ends up with Spencer and Jen being chased by people they had thought to be their friends and neighbours aka Killers.

Now to be honest there wasn't really much of a plot. Reading the plot above makes the whole thing sound a bit absurd, especially seeing as much of the film was Spencer and Jen being chased by activated Killers attempting to kill them. The genre however suited the plot perfectly, I'm more of a rom-com fan myself whereas this was an action comedy, yet the comic elements were done brilliantly through the occasional funny scene, Spencer's apparent paranoia and Jen's inability to use a gun properly.

A reasonably short film it was all a bit far-fetched. I can't say too much without giving the plot away but everything was very extreme and personally I found the overall motive for the hunting down and attempted murder of Spencer to be a bit of a cop-out and didn't really work for me.

Luckily I found the funny parts were very funny and there were some brilliantly crafted scenes. My favourite being the scene set in the supermarket when Jen and Spencer search for a pregnancy test (Whilst being on the run) and Spencer's sheer but humorous paranoia.

Not the best film I've seen in a while, but perhaps worth seeing if you like a bit of action (Lots of gun shots I tell you) as well as something funny. Plus, Ashton Kutcher really is gorgeous, and spends a lot of the film topless...

Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND69q158IZI

6.5/10