Less than a week ago, I watched the trailer to “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” and the first thing that came to mind was, "Why would a hitman need a bodyguard?" With that question in mind, I bought myself a movie ticket not really knowing what to expect. Please be aware that this review has a few spoilers.

In the film, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) is a bodyguard to a former assassin, Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson), who happens to be a key witness to trial against a high-profile politician. Even though Jackson’s character is supposed to be escorted by an international police organization, someone part of that escort team happens to reveal information to the corrupt politician and Jackson’s character becomes a target to many people. In comes an unsuspecting Reynolds to protect Jackson. Of course, the two characters have multiple arguments and conflicting thoughts, but they both end up working together to reach the courthouse before the deadline to go against the politician.

Even though the story seems to be enough to captivate the audience, there is a question of morality amongst the characters’ journey as they try to go against unbeatable odds. Jackson raises the idea of right and wrong when he asks Reynolds an insightful question, “Who is the better man? He who protects evil motherf***ers, or he who kills them?” Throughout the movie, Reynolds and Jackson’s characters both have conflicting views of their careers, people and their approach to arriving at the courthouse in time to go against the politician.

Reynolds character is a smart-mouth who happens to be prepared for anything and everything. He learned traits that allow him to be multiple steps ahead of those who are after his clients; in this case, Jackson’s character. Although it appears that Reynolds and Jackson have conflicting views and mock each other, Reynolds proves to be dependable and knowledgeable in stressful situations despite what Jackson’s character does to sway Reynolds.

Jackson’s character, on the other hand, is a notorious hitman who really shouldn’t be trusted. Jackson’s reputation perceives him as one that followed the steps of his father as an assassin. Although it may be true that Jackson is an assassin, he is an assassin with beliefs. Even though Jackson’s beliefs may not actually follow the beliefs that are sent in a Bible, he will defend his kills based on the innocence of a person.

This is where the characters’ personalities clash: Reynolds is hired to protect people, no matter how evil and corrupt they may be while Jackson kills people only if they are evil and corrupt. Although they both might believe what they do is right, there is more to them and their actions than they expect.

Who would you side with if you were put in a situation like this? Would you live a better life knowing you protected somebody even though they might do something extremely evil in the near future, or would you prefer to kill an evil person just to avoid the unforeseen possibilities?