While on vacation in France with her parents, Jen (Katherine Heigl) meets Spencer (Ashton Kutcher), a handsome, seemingly average guy who finds Jen’s awkwardness charming. As it turns out, Spencer is a professional assassin in France on a job.
But after falling for Jen, he leaves his career as a professional hitman behind. He and Jen get married, and Spencer starts his life as a normal Suburban husband. At least until he finds out someone has put a $20 million bounty on his head, and friends and neighbors are suddenly out for blood.
This was a rewatch for me. I couldn’t remember much about Killers before I sat down to watch it again, and I doubt I’ll remember much about it in the coming weeks. It’s a pretty typical action rom-com in the vein of True Lies or Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but nowhere near as clever or sexy. It’s not a complete failure, though.
I thought Kutcher and Heigl actually had some pretty decent chemistry, and while Kutcher has never been a favorite of mine, acting-wise, I have to admit that he looks really good in this movie – I know I’m objectifying him here, but daaang. Some genuine laughs are scattered here and there, but not enough to save a pretty mediocre script.
I would say the movie’s highlight is Jen’s parents, played by Tom Selleck and Catherine O’Hara, but sadly, they don’t get as much screen time as I would have liked. O’Hara, especially, is completely wasted as Jen’s boozy mom.
Killers is a pretty bland action rom-com. I saw the twist coming, but it also seems the movie’s entirety is conveniently ignored to have a neat, happy ending. I mean, there were a lot of deaths! Some pretty gruesome ones, too.
But maybe I’m just nitpicking now. I can’t find anything in this movie to tell you it’s worth a watch unless you want to ogle Kutcher for an hour and a half. Heigl has plenty of rom-coms to choose from, one or two of which are infinitely better than Killers. I’m giving this two stars for two reasons: Ashton’s abs and Catherine O’Hara.