A View from Mars

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (C-)

Well the summer can't officially start until we get that first overhyped, big budget blockbuster that tanks critically. I'm here to say that summer has started! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play the titular leads who are both trained assassins and happen to be married with their secrets intact. The movie's plot device is that they both find out and are now out to hunt the other one down. Knowing full well that this was not a thinking man's movie, I sat down with the intention of one cool ride. This did not happen. The movie started off slow, it dragged in parts throughout and the action was nothing new. The chemistry between the two leads was convincing, but then again I'm not a particular fan of either of these two actors anyways. Also, when Vince Vaughn shows up as the so called "comic relief," try not to be distracted by how out of place he looks in this movie. This was a waste of 2 hours, so if you need to see something go to Cinderella Man and if you've already seen it, see it again, it's better than this alternative.