Killers

Recently jilted Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) is on the French Riviera with her intimidating, skeet-shooting father (Tom Selleck) and overprotective, alcoholic mother (Catherine O'Hara) when she bumps into hunky Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher) on the elevator. One thing leads to another, and three years later they're happily married, with a starter mansion in a gated community. What Jen doesn't know is that Spencer's been hiding his double identity, desperately trying to ditch his previous life as an international superspy/hit man. But soon after his 30th birthday, the pair discover that there's a $20 million bounty on his head, which leads them to see danger everywhere (turning their so-called friends and neighbors into potential assassins) as they dodge perceived threats while trying to keep up appearances. Director Robert Luketic's Killers borrows liberally from earlier films, most notably the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie vehicle Mr. & Mrs. Smith and the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Jamie Lee Curtis hit True Lies. But unlike their models, Heigl and Kutcher fail to ignite any convincing chemistry, an admittedly difficult proposition anyway given Kutcher's smirking blandness. A purported action comedy, Killers is DOA. Not recommended. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include a “Killer Chemistry” behind-the-scenes featurette (11 min.), alternate scenes (6 min.), extended scenes (5 min.), deleted scenes (4 min.), a gag reel (2 min.), and trailers. Bottom line: a decent extras package for a cinematic misfire.] (S. Granger)