The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Violence, sexual references and offensive language Rated on: 24 June 2021
What's it about?
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is big-budget action comedy starring three well-known Hollywood actors. Having lost his bodyguard licence, Michael Bryce decides to take a sabbatical in order to deal with his trauma. Almost immediately, he is thrown back into bodyguard life when hitman Darius Kinkaid’s wife, Sonia, asks him to help her free her husband. They get enlisted to thwart a cyber attack.
What to expect
The film is full of ridiculously over-the-top action sequences intercut with humorous banter. It is likely to have wide appeal, but given the extensive violence, and widespread use of highly offensive language it requires a restriction. There are sexual references, an obscured but comical sex scene, and minor drug references, which are also unsuitable for younger audiences.The humorous tone with the bloody gun violence has a trivialising effect. This is likely to desensitize or inure younger viewers to violence by presenting it as entertaining, exciting, and consequence-free. For these reasons, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is restricted to people aged 16 years and over.
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