The Bounty Hunter (2010)

A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the always-at-odds duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure.

Director:

Andy Tennant

Writer:

Sarah Thorp

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Gio Perez

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gerard Butler	...	Milo Boyd
Jennifer Aniston	...	Nicole Hurley
Gio Perez	...	Uncle Sam
Joel Marsh Garland	...	Dwight
Jason Kolotouros	...	Gelman
Matt Malloy	...	Gary
Jason Sudeikis	...	Stewart
Adam Rose	...	Jimmy
Christine Baranski	...	Kitty Hurley
Dorian Missick	...	Bobby
David Costabile	...	Arthur
Lynda Gravatt	...	Judge
Peter Greene	...	Earl Mahler
Jeff Garlin	...	Sid
Siobhan Fallon Hogan	...	Teresa

Storyline

Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other - until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough - staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.

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Plot Keywords:

bounty hunter | reporter | police officer | murder | death | 

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Taglines:

The pursuit begins Spring 2010

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content including suggestive comments, language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Ukrainian

Release Date:

19 March 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Sarah Thorp Project

Filming Locations:

60-15 Eliot Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,686,423, 21 March 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$67,061,228

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$136,333,522

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Relativity Media, Original Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Producer Neal H. Moritz and director Andy Tennant are neighbors. One day they were chatting to each other over their fence when Moritz asked Tennant if he was working on anything at that moment. Tennant replied that he wasn't doing anything at the time. That was when Moritz realized that his neighbor would be the perfect choice to direct this screenplay.

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Goofs

When Nicole is walking on the rooftop, she has her heels on. Right before she starts talking to her mother she's barefoot, and the shoes are nowhere near her.

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Quotes

Milo Boyd: Ah, using your one phone call to phone in a story. That is so you.
Nicole Hurley: [surprised look] What are you doing here?
Milo Boyd: Hey, it's a special night. There's no way we're not spending it together. Hey, can we go in the same cell?
Cop: Get in the cell, dickhead.
Milo Boyd: [being pushed] All right, I'm going.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Adam Sandler/Judd Apatow (2015)

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Soundtracks

Your Love Is My Drug
Written by Josh Coleman (as Joshua Coleman), Kesha (as Kesha Sebert) and Pebe Sebert
Performed by Kesha (as Ke$ha)
Courtesy of RCA Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Criminal

If there's a bounty hunter to haul in "criminal" comedies, then The Bounty Hunter" should receive capital punishment for murdering the romantic comedy genre. So far this year When in Rome looks even better now by contrast, and, well, She's Out of My League looks even cute.

But this one is a killer. Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler) is the titular cop who tries to take his ex-wife Nicole Hurley (Jenifer Aniston) to jail because she's jumped bail. Everyone associated with this film except the talented Christine Baranski as Nicole's cabaret-singing, swinging mother should be locked up. I laughed not even once given that the film is paint by numbers plot about exes who still love each other and fight almost to the end to disprove that situation.

Aniston's only observable talent here is to display a well-tended body in tight short skirt (even though she plays a reporter, most of whom could not go the News Awards looking half as good), and Butler shows he still has his 300 abs, muscular arms, and seductive lisp. After those attributes, the stars are on their own with lines to blush over and set ups trite as could ever be conjured.

A bounty hunter is not a real cop, and The Bounty Hunter is not a real comedy. Both want to be much more than they are but will never be. "Book 'em, Danno!"