Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Year of release : 2005

 

Run time : 2h6min

 

Genre : Action

 

Cast : Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn

 

 

Jane and John Smith are a couple married for 5 years according to the husband,6 according to the wife,who live a boring life. They spend their days going to their jobs ,having dinner at 7,occasionally going to neighbors' parties,pretty much sleeping one next to the other like an old couple, having things in the house that the other one hates..and so on. One could say that after 5-6 years of marriage,the spark is gone. They even go to a therapist to save their marriage.

Or so it seems.

 

Slowly but surely,we see what their jobs are about. Jane who told everyone,including her husband,she works in IT, is a top spy,and John,who told everyone ,including his wife,he works in construction,as a big time contractor, is also a top spy,both working for competing agencies.

 

They find out about each other as they are both hired to kill the same target.

 

They both start thinking they were each other's mark. John is trying to find out if it was real love or he was just a mark to her,while Jane is sure she was just a mark and is trying to kill him.

 

I personally didn't like the movie,although it was the type of movie I enjoy,don't know why.

 

I found Jane annoying,she was always treating John like a kid,and always did what she wanted,like for example,he didn't want a certain kind of food - she'll say,you'll have some regardless; she bought new ugly curtains,he said he didn't like them,she decided to keep them and redecorate the whole house around them . When she found out he was a spy,she immediately decided he married her knowing who she was,and tried to kill him,quite a few times. She never stopped to think,I love this man,let me find out what he is about,although,at the beginning she says to her friend " I never do anything without thinking it through".

 

John on the other hand,is trying to figure out if she loves him or not,if she married him knowing who he really was,and if the marriage was a hoax. He's the one who is trying to work things out,trying to save his marriage. Which is surprising,considering at the beginning of the movie,it feels their marriage is close to a divorce,as they are bickering like an old couple who had enough of each other.

 

The acting is good, Vince Vaughn is the comic relief and he is pretty funny,the movie is action packed,and has pretty cool action scenes for the action lovers.

 

The movie is streaming on DIRECTV, Starz, Starz Play Amazon Channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Spectrum on Demand,and is for rent or buy on Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, YouTube.

 

Rating : Worth a watch!