It's
easy to see why the idea of taking the basic concept and putting a
romantic spin on it would seem like a god idea : it is, after all, a buddy movie
where the buddies can fall in love. But again, here it just doesn't work. It
would
be easy to blame the casting, but while Jennifer Aniston does have a
string of duds to her name there is no denying that she can actually
deliver good work, sometimes even delivering some decent material.
The same
goes for Gerard Butler, even though to date the only examples of his
"good" work have been in straight dramas (The Ugly Truth was just plain ugly). The
story itself moves along nicely, throwing in a decent amount of twists
and turns as Aniston's hard boiled journalist finds her investigation
of a suspicious suicide constantly interrupted by the need to escape
out of the boot of the car of her ex-cop turned bounty hunter
ex-husband (Butler) as he tries to claim the bounty for her skipping
bail over an assault charge. Sadly,
the
characters are mostly annoying, the jokes almost never work, there is
next to no chemistry at all between Butler and Aniston, the overly
complicated
and totally predictable story never once threatens to become exciting
- and the whole thing feels like a chore long before the final
credits. Midnight Run isn't hard to come by; if you are looking for something to watch, The Bounty Hunter proves you could do a lot worse.DVD Special Features
Much like Butler's The Ugly Truth
- despite being a dud - this movie still made some big bank (upwards of
$110M worldwide). Therefore, a little bit of effort has been put into
the DVD, not a lot, but enough to acknowledge.
Included here is
a "Making The Bounty Hunter" featurette, and short pieces on "Rules for
Outwitting a Bounty Hunter" and "Stops Along The Road : Hunting
Locations". Fun enough to watch once, but we doubt you'll ever revisit
them.
Conclusion:
Movie 20% Extras: 50%
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