Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

Directed by Doug Liman

Written by Simon Kinberg 

Starring Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn and Kerry Washington 

     Well, this is it right here folks- the movie that ended Brad and Jen. That fact alone is the reason I wanted to hate this movie, but the chemistry that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share on-screen, is undeniably great. Their chemistry is why an action movie of this nature works so well. If it were any other actors trying to balance the light humor with all the intense action in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the results could have been disastrous. Lucky for us this duo graced us with their onscreen companionship which resulted in this superb action flick. 

     Pitt and Jolie play John and Jane Smith, which are assumably not their real names considering the nature of their assassin careers. The two meet in Bogota, Columbia; and by the time the movie sets in on their suburban life, they are about 5 or 6 years deep in marriage. They float along in this normal routine in the suburbs, with Jane having dinner ready for John when he gets home from work everyday. What they both are keeping from each other is the fact that they're skilled assassins. John keeps his guns and money under the shed, Jane keeps her knives and other weapons of torture, in a tray that slides up from the stove. The story begins with introducing us to their marriage problems, as they attend therapy together. 

     However, things get interesting for the killer couple as their competing agencies start to hunt the same mysterious target- thus leading them both out to the dessert where they are left hunting each other. Now commences the sticky situation of them both knowing each other is an assassin, but neither of them can tell the other or they'd have to kill one another. Your typical dilemma in any marriage, right? This now leads them to the difficult decision of either killing each other, or teaming up to save their lives. 

     The following action after this revelation is fun to watch. The fight scenes are intense, the necessary car chase scene isn't cliche. Sure, its not the best action/romance movie that has ever hit the big screens- but Pitt and Jolie make this fun to watch. They're not awkward on screen together at all. They could have been seen as out of synch, but their on and off screen chemistry made these characters real. To be honest, Jolie is so sexy in this movie between posing as a dominatrix and snapping someones neck, and firing huge guns- I can see how Brad fell for her. Sorry Jen! The shared smirks between the couple felt so real, I feel like they both could actually be secret assassins. They fit well into these roles and made for a great movie for this sometimes hard to watch genre. 

I give Mr. and Mrs. Smith a...

7/10