Kevin Costner stars as a CIA assassin in the farcical 3 Days to Kill.
by J.R. Jones
Writer-director Luc Besson hit the jackpot in France with The Professional (1994), starring Jean Reno as a tenderhearted hit man who takes little Natalie Portman under his wing. That same year Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta arrived as lovable killers in Pulp Fiction, and since then the assassin has become a cuddlier figure in American movies, going back to high school (Grosse Pointe Blank), working out the kinks in a professional marriage (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), and shooting the bull (among other things) with a cabbie, just a regular guy at heart (Collateral).…[ Read more ]