Killers

Sorry I have not posted any reviews lately. I have seen about 10 movies that sucked and they didn’t inspire me to write. The writer’s strike of 2008 has now set us up for a slew of poor summer movies.
Let’s start with Killers.
The story is about a woman who meets the man of her dreams. They get married and her life is upset when she discovers her husband is an assassin.
Katherine Heigl plays the uptight wife. In fact in her last few movies she has played the same character. I have never watched Grey’s Anatomy but I wonder if she plays the same character when she was on that show? The girl has no range! On the other hand Ashton Kutcher is likable (if not annoying at times) in all of his movies. He also has yet to show some range. I do believe he has a better chance of being a breakout star in the same vein as Tom Hanks. Now bear with me, Hanks made a plethora of BAD movies as the goofy, likable everyman (The Burbs, The Money Pit, Turner & Hooch, The man with One Red Shoe, shall I continue) then he hit pay dirt with good scripts and great directors.
I feel Ashton is following Hanks playbook.
Back to the movie…the first half is great only due to the exotic locations. Tom Selleck is better of playing drunken cop Jess Stone than playing Heigl dad.
Everyone else in the movie mailed in his or her performances.

Verdict: Only for Ashton fans.