I like hitman movies. I especially like hitman comedies. This is a fairly minor note in the careers of all involved, but it's a cute little movie nonetheless.Oz (Matthew Perry) is a Montreal dentist burdened under his embezzling father-in-law's debt. His wife (Patricia Arquette) makes no bones about the fact that she'd rather him dead than alive, and when a new neighbor moves in next door she thinks she's found her chance. Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) is a contract killer for the Hungarian mob fresh into witness protection. Having made her job offer and been turned down, the wife decides the next best thing is to get Oz to fly to Chicago and turn Jimmy in for the reward. Oz dutifully meets with mob boss Janni Gogolak (Kevin Pollack) and is instantly captivated by Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), Jimmy's estranged wife. She is being held hostage by the Gogolak gang because of one of those complicated last-one-alive-collects-a-boatload-of-money schemes, this one being ten million dollars. Fearing for his and now Cynthia's lives, Oz comes up with a plan...
It ain't The Godfather but it's totally worth watching on a day when you just feel like sitting on the couch. The cast works well together, especially perky and vivacious Amanda Peet. Definitely a feel-good rental.
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