Recently dumped Jen, takes a trip to Nice, France, with her parents. She meets shirtless Spencer in the hotel elevator. He tells her he is going for a swim in the ocean, and they plan to meet for dinner. Actually he is swimming out to a yacht where he climbs aboard and plants a bomb. Spencer works for a secret government organization as an assassin.
They date, fall in love and get married, without Jen ever learning what her husband did for a living. The movie really starts three years later in suburbia. Spencer has quit his old job and now works in construction. His old boss shows up and people start getting killed. Spencer and Jen become targets, and spend the rest of the movie fighting for their lives.
Killers is a typical Luketic movie, with a likable blonde stumbling her way through life. Heigl is the typical Hollywood romantic comedy chick. She is gorgeous, yet charmingly awkward. Kutcher tries to stretch a bit, playing a worldly romantic action hero. He partially succeeds. He seems to spend most of the movie struggling to keep his typical "dude" persona in check.
Who really makes the movie is Selleck and O'Hara. Selleck plays a father who never stops sharing advice, usually about security. O'Hara generates the most laughs as the drunk mother. I doubt she is sober at any point in the film. Her best moment is when the four participate in a sharing circle.
Most romantic comedies have two beautiful people meet and fall in love for no apparent reason. Killers tries to create some motives. Spencer explains that he was an orphan and always wanted a simple married life. Jen was recently dumped and falls for Spencer because she feels she can trust him. Hey, I never said this was The Way we Were.
To keep the male audience members entertained, Killer has plenty of action. However, as the action scenes take off, things start to seem ridiculous. If you don't question too much and just enjoy the nonsense, the movie is fairly fun. The ending tries to explain it all, but it only partially makes sense.
