No wonder Brad and Jen’s marriage ended. The sexual tension between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” heats up the screen and is the only enjoyable element of the film.

In the movie, John and Jane Smith are a seemingly domestic suburban couple. They live in a sprawling white house, drive expensive cars and eat dinner each night at 7. Most normal suburban couples do not keep a library of guns in the shed and an assortment of knives underneath the oven, however.

The film opens with the couple bantering back and forth during a therapy session, and it becomes obvious that John and Jane’s marriage is in trouble. They have been living their lives pretending to be different people and have become strangers in the process.

They are actually both assassins, but the twist is they are actually working for rival companies. Jane and John are told they have 48 hours to kill the other one, and the movie’s plot centralizes on this.

In the beginning of the film, the plot takes quite a while to develop. Characters are introduced, but nothing really appears to be happening. Halfway through the film, there are guns shooting, bullets spraying, knives slashing and bombs blowing everything to bits. The violence and fantasy was taken to the extreme at times, and scenes become overblown and ridiculous. There was a particular scene at the end where Jolie and Pitt are both shooting in slow motion where audience members giggled out loud at the absurdity of it.

Although the screenplay writing is weak, the film has an interesting premise. It draws the audience in with the lure of a romantic, yet action-packed flick, which obviously appeals to more than one type of audience.

Pitt and Jolie are the shiny wrapping paper of this movie, but unfortunately the present turned out to be nothing more than a pair of socks. Anyone with a pulse will thoroughly enjoy looking at Pitt’s chiseled features and Jolie’s hypnotizing appearance, but good looks can only go so far, and this film lacks any depth below the surface.