The rare roles that wedge him out of his reflexive fast-talking, and deeply satisfying, like the eponymous characters in “Deadpool” and “Van Wilder: Party Liaison” are well structured contemplative films. There’s something magical about the man when he’s allowed to propel himself with an infectious egomania. Michael Bryce is not Reynolds’ best recent performance. The towering behemoth has developed a signature “badass” style that just makes you wan’t to start whistling the Bond theme - “Nobody Does It Better.” Thankfully the filmmakers do him the dignity of Kincaid taking a bullet to the lower leg in the beginning skirmish of the film that allows him the dignity of not doing Harrison Ford -“Crystal Skull” or Liam Neeson “Taken 3” old man running through obstacle after killer euro trash obstacle. Jackson waltzes into this film like one imagines that John Wayne waltzed onto the set of a Howard Hawks or John Ford Western in the 50s. Quentin Tarantino has often referred to being an NFL coach with game changing players in the form of Jim Brown (his nickname for Jackson) and Joe Namath (his nickname for Christophe Waltz). “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” has one overwhelming positive going for it, and that’s the chemistry of the leads Reynolds and Jackson. When his convoy is attacked by the dictator’s henchmen, his Interpol agent escort reaches out to her ex-boyfriend and renowned bodyguard, Michael Bryce (Reynolds) to get him there alive. Jackson) is being transported from an Interpol branch in London to The Hague to testify in International Court about the genocidal acts of Belarus dictator played by Gary Oldman. Infamous hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” is flimsy yes, but it’s an excuse to get Jackson and Reynolds together and see if their chemistry can distract you from looking too deeply into this unfocused odd-couple action comedy. At the conclusion of that kind of interrogation you may ask, well is there anything makes this thing worth watching? Sure. Does the high stakes action leave plausibility at the door? Yes. Does Australian director Patrick Hughes use classy lens filtering that makes you constantly reach to clean the glasses that you aren’t wearing? Yes. “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” is an outrageous buddy comedy that pairs fast talking Ryan Reynolds and the maestro of “mutha fuckkkaaa” Samuel L.

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