"LAWFUL EVENTS"

I think I got bitten by a bug. I now have flu-like symptoms. Was it a real bug, or the love bug from watching Mr. & Mrs. Smith? Is there any hope for hopeless romantics...



Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Starring Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn
Written by Simon Kinberg and Directed by Doug Liman


If I ever get married, I want my marriage to be just like the one Mr. & Mrs. Smith have. It is so hot, even when it is not. Sure Brad and Angelina look wonderful and sure even wonderful looking people can have boring marriages, but the key is they have chemistry. Without chemistry, there is no hope. Well, baby, let me tell ya -- this movie has chemistry. From its photogenic cast to its writer and director -- this movie has wild baby-making chemistry.

Brad Pitt (Ocean’s Twelve) plays John Smith, a professional assassin with killer skills and killer looks. Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider) plays Jane Smith, also a professional assassin with killer skills and killer looks. So naturally these two “killers” hook-up while they are each on an assignment in Columbia (how romantic) and eventually get married. Their relationship is hot at first: wild sex, dancing, long walks and gazes -- but like all things hot, they seem to cool off once marriage is introduced into the equation. Although due to their intense chemistry together (it is no wonder Brangelina was formed) I still think they are hot even when the filmmakers are trying to convey that John and Jane have lost their spark and are now your typical married couple that doesn’t have sex, doesn’t talk, and keeps way too much bottled up. But moving on, we are suppose to believe these two human aphrodisiacs are bored with each other and their marriage, that is until they find out that they are each secretly assassins. Now what marriage wouldn’t get a little kick with that kind of news. Sure John’s cover of being a successful construction contractor was kind of hot and sure Jane’s cover of being a CEO of a computer systems company was kind of hot too -- but assassins, now that is flaming hot. This is where the movie kicks into high gear, aka, here comes the guns!

With Doug Liman at the helm, a director who has proved he can do action just as well as he can do relationships with hits such as The Bourne Identity and Swingers -- Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a perfect balance of humour, action, and sexually charged energy. Written by Simon Kinberg (xXx: State of the Union), the movie is filled with some great banter and explosive scenarios. In one scene, John flexes and tells his wife, “Come to daddy...” and in return, Jane kicks her husband into a glass cabinet and responds with, “Whose your daddy now?”. Hot! With appearances by Vince Vaughn, as John’s romantically cynical friend Eddie, and Adam Brody (The O.C.’s Seth Cohen), as a lippy target, Mr. & Mrs. Smith never ceases to entertain. The movie even ends with a super-shootout in a giant Wal-Mart type store, now who wouldn’t fantasize about doing that with their wife or husband?

Mr. & Mrs. Smith is quite simply an entertaining movie. It’s got laughs, action, and even romance. It’s got something for the guys and it’s got something for the girls, making it either the perfect date or non-date movie, depending on how you look at it I guess, hehehe.


THE RUNDOWN:

The Good: This movie is sexy fun.

The Bad: You’ll wish you were married after the movie.

The Law: Make a date with Mr. & Mrs. Smith!