Killers (2010)

A vacationing woman meets her ideal man, leading to a swift marriage. Back at home, however, their idyllic life is upset when they discover their neighbors could be assassins who have been contracted to kill the couple..

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers:

Bob DeRosa (screenplay), Ted Griffin (screenplay)

Stars:

Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Tom Selleck

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ashton Kutcher	...	Spencer
Katherine Heigl	...	Jen
Tom Selleck	...	Mr. Kornfeldt
Catherine O'Hara	...	Mrs. Kornfeldt
Katheryn Winnick	...	Vivian
Kevin Sussman	...	Mac Bailey
Lisa Ann Walter	...	Olivia Brooks
Casey Wilson	...	Kristen
Rob Riggle	...	Henry
Martin Mull	...	Holbrook
Alex Borstein	...	Lily Bailey
Usher Raymond	...	Kevin the Manager (as Usher Raymond IV)
Letoya Luckett	...	Amanda (as LeToya Luckett)
Michael Daniel Cassady	...	Milo
Larry Joe Campbell	...	Pete Denham

Storyline

Spencer Aimes is just your average, undercover, government-hired super-assassin accustomed to a life of exotic European locales, flashy sports cars and even flashier women. But when he meets Jen Kornfeldt, a beautiful, fun-loving computer tech recovering from a bad break-up, he finds true love...and happily trades international intrigue for domestic bliss. Three years later, Spencer and Jen are still enjoying a picture-perfect marriage - that is, until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday. That's when Spencer and Jen learn he's the target of a multi-million dollar hit. Even worse, the hired killers have been stalking the happy couple for years, and could be anyone: friends, neighbors, the grocery store clerk, even that crabby old guy shuffling across the street. Now Spencer and Jen are on the run for their lives. As their suburban paradise turns into a paranoid game of dodge-the-bullet, they must find out who wants Spencer dead and why, all the while trying to save their marriage...

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Plot Keywords:

male objectification | marriage | neighbor | store clerk | on the run | 

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Taglines:

Perfect wife. Perfect target.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent action, sexual material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Full Production Notes [MS Word] Katherine Heigl Site - Production Notes

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Five Killers

Filming Locations:

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,837,266, 6 June 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$47,059,963

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$98,159,963

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate,Aversano Films,Katalyst Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nice in France provided an undeniably romantic locale for the courtship of Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher) and Jennifer Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl). Producer Scott Aversano said: "The South of France is arguably, certainly to an American audience, the most magical place in the world to fall in love. It still has that kind of power and that kind of romantic allure."

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Goofs

Levenaux's destination is shown on the CIA computer to be a "private landing pad" in Nice, France. But the given coordinates (43° 42'05 N, 7° 15'05 E) are actually an address about 15 km from Nice - 73 Chemin de la Prairie, 06790 Aspremont, France.

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Quotes

Jen Kornfeldt: How weird is this going to get? Because some things you cannot unsee.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Shutter Island/The Ghost Writer/Happy Tears (2010)

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Soundtracks

Orleans (Instrumental Version)
Written by Jon Fugler and Mike Bryant
Performed by Yuki
Courtesy of Fools Paradise
By Arrangement with Steel Synch

User Reviews

"Real people in the real world" should really spend their money renting Grosse Pointe Blank instead

First, the good things: Rolfe Kent's music was very good through much of this film. The setting of the early part of the film (presumably largely shot in Nice, France) was quite lovely to see. Other than that, well... this movie was painful. The chemistry between Heigl and Kutcher was limited to her giggling at the first sight of him with his shirt off, and even then felt forced. I was feeling bad for all the actors involved, but least for Kutcher and Heigl who seemed committed to forcing a laugh out of intensely dull witted dialogue in situations which have been worked into much better films (i.e., Mr. and Mrs. Smith, True Lies, Grosse Pointe Blank). And by the way, "jessie-36," I, Michael Phillips and you are all "real people in the real world" (so I would believe having not met you or Michael Phillips so far as I know). You are also, guess what, now a critic. The destruction of newspapers as a valid critical forum has more to do with corporate economics than anything else. Celebrating the demise of the local newspaper sounds like so much whistling past the graveyard rather than a people's overthrow of those awful, awful critics. So, I'm afraid "jessie-36" that you are a critic (you should be if you're going to theaters to "watch over 100 movies a year" for free (!)). Based on your review of Killers, however, you may just not be a very thoughtful one.