“Killers” follows the romantic comedy formula: two people meet; they fall in love and marry; they face a crisis; they live happily ever after. Sounds pretty boring, though, doesn’t it? The twist in the script, written by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin, is that unbeknownst to Jen (Katherine Heigl), Spenser (Ashton Butcher) is a CIA agent with a past strewn with dead bodies. But for love, Spenser has given up his spy career for suburbia and block parties. Unfortunately, Spenser’s past comes back to haunt him. And if it’s clever that one of Spenser’s friends turns out to be an assassin, why not have just about everyone in his planned community be undercover killers.
Talk about redundant. How many times can Spenser register surprise when another neighbor tries to kill him? How often can Jen scream when she sees her husband involved in deadly hand -o-hand combat? So we have boring and redundant. Perfect. Both leads are attractive, though, and the locations in Nice are gorgeous. Plus Tom Selleck and Catherine O’Hara provide some scene-stealing performances as Jen’s overprotective parents. Guess you can wait to see “Killers” on cable. 5/4/10
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Good chemistry between the stars but not good enough to carry this ungainly Rom-Com to profitability. I say rent it!
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