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HAVE you ever wondered what happens when an egocentric, undercover, government assassin falls in love with an ordinary, fun-loving computer technician?
You could probably concoct a few random scenarios in your head that are equally as funny as what this movie has to offer.
Jen Kornfeldt is the computer technician who inadvertently falls for secret bad boy, Spencer Aimes, when they have a random encounter after she suffers a particularly bad break-up with her loser boyfriend. You know how the story goes, they fall in love and everything is just peachy ... for a while!
Three blissful years go by with the couple smitten over each other and it seems like all is going well, until Spencer's 30th birthday that is. The couple learn that Spencer is now on the other end of his profession and someone has taken out a contract on HIS head for a change.
The twists and turns are rampant as the couple try to figure out who it could be, and just how they can avoid taking a dirt nap. This might prove a little easier for them if they could put aside their bickering (which incidentally becomes stagnant and repetitive the longer the film goes on) for a moment.
The couple must maintain the faade that everything is fine too in order to avoid drawing suspicion from their friends, neighbours and even his in-laws ... as if having a contract on your head wasn't bad enough, he has to worry about his in-laws, poor guy!
I quite like Ashton Kutcher, he has a great gift for comedic timing that can usually provide a few laughs no matter how bad the rest of the movie is, however, fans of his seminal TV show Punked might be a little disappointed with his performance in this movie. His delivery is perfect, his facial expressions are spot on but he fails to exude the quintessential charm that brought him fame.
It just doesn't quite fit, maybe it's the distinct lack of on-screen chemistry with Katherine Heigl, maybe it's the one dimensional plot, but something about this film just doesn't sit well.
It's almost like a rom-com gone wrong, there are so many different elements all struggling to come to the front of the performance that nothing really manages to shine.
I would have liked to have said that Killers isn't a bad way to kill an hour but unfortunately it was easily forgettable and I guarantee that when it ends, you'll already have forgotten half of it.
