Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) is a lonely professional assassin trying to please his demanding mother (Eileen Atkins) in the family business. Rose (Emily Blunt) is a thief who cons Ferguson (Rupert Everett) out of a large sum. Ferguson hires Victor to kill Rose but he becomes fascinated by the relentless thief. Ferguson sends his thugs. Victor kills one and rescues Rose. They are then rescued by vagrant Tony (Rupert Grint) who shoots the other thug. She hires Victor for protection thinking he's a P.I. and together with Tony, they go on the run. Unbeknownst to them, they move in next door to Ferguson who then hires the second most expensive assassin Hector Dixon (Martin Freeman).Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt are trying their wacky best to be funny. It's an odd group along with Rupert Everett. There are some fun moments but mostly I want to love this trio more than I actually do. These are all good comedic actors but maybe a wacky comedian would be more helpful. It's a light screwball comedy with a few chuckles but lacks the big laughs to drive the unconvincing thriller.

I remember movies I have seen as far back as the time I was 4 years old. While this ability is sometimes useful, it comes at a price. The movie I watch tonight is seen through the cumulative filter of the last 3 or 4 movies I have watched regardless of how long ago those movies were viewed. As a result, I often have to see a movie two, three or even four times before I can see it on its own merits. This is a movie that required several viewing.As is frequently the case, I had a poor opinion of the movie after the first viewing. But it was quirky enough to warrant subsequent viewings. With each subsequent viewing, the movie got better and better.I can now asses this movie for on its own and comfortably say it is quite entertaining.Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt and Rupert Grint all give the film the first rate performances we have come to expect from them. So too Martin Freeman as the smarmy, homicidal villain (compare this performance to those in Sherlock, The Hobbit and Dedication).To sum up, this is a quirky, amusing, and enjoyable film well worth the time, even if that means you have to watch it more than once.

Nice little British movie about art forgery, swindling and assassination, all good fun, with a strong cast. Bill Nighy is likable as ever, although convincingly cold-blooded at the requisite moments; Emily Blunt is suitably infuriating and adorable in equal measure; and Rupert Grint cements his Brit Pack credentials, although I'd like to see him in a more serious and 'gritty' role. There isn't much for Martin Freeman (nice teeth); Rupert Everett (nice stubble) or Gregor Fisher to do, but it's good to see them nonetheless. It all feels a bit rushed to me, and the end comes on very suddenly and is all a bit too convenient, leaving a sense that it could have been more substantial and interesting given a bit more effort on the storyline, enjoyable enough though if you have a forgiving nature, definitely worth a look.

Bill Nighy is a high-priced, mother-dominated, methodical and lonely assassin. He's hired to kill mischievous kleptomaniac Emily Blunt after she rips gangster Rupert Everett off with a forgery of a self-portrait by Rembrandt. Predictably, he ends up protecting her instead. Rupert Grint (from the HARRY POTTER series) is along for the ride as an apprentice. Old-fashioned crime farce is a remake of a French movie from 1993 (when the ideas might have seemed fresher), has a few scattered laughs, but overall the high quirk factor is debilitating. With Eileen Atkins as the wheelchair-bound mother, Martin Freeman as a rival assassin (with very white teeth), Gregory Fisher, Rory Kinnear and Geoff Bell.