Killers [Guest Writer] (4½ Stars)

Spencer Aimes (Kutcher) is just your average, undercover, government-hired super assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl), a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love...and happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage - that is until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet.

This was a movie that kind of reminded me of Knight and Day which is funny that I'm writing both reviews in the same day but oh well. I loved this movie, much more than Knight and Day and would willingly pay the extra cash to buy the DVD and even put it on blu-ray despite how unnecessary I think the whole blu-ray system is. I'm not a fan of Ashton, especially when he tries to be funny because he always comes off as some silly little frat boy that I want to smack the shit out of but in this movie he stepped away from that and did a bit of a more serious character which balanced out Katherine's well. Is his "serious super-spy" character believable? Not so much but I'd take this over the frat boy comedy act any day. Heigl definitely made this movie for me and she has the same air about her as Cameron Diaz when it comes to her brand of comedic on-screen antics. It's a little silly and ditzy but always loveable. This isn't one of those movies that turned my head around and made me sit back at the end and say, "Oh my god, that was amazing!" It was more the type of film I turned off with a faint chuckle or smile saying, "Oh that was cute" or "that was fun". I give this a 4 stars because the plot wasn't original and didn't really bring something totally new to the table but the acting was well done and I enjoyed the humor that wasn't too over -the-top.