Who's in It: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, Macy Gray, Mo'Nique, Vanessa Ferlito, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The Basics: Let's say you're a contract killer having an affair with your own stepmother, who's also a contract killer. (Look, it could too happen.) Then she gets diagnosed with terminal cancer. And she goes, "Hey, this chemo's kicking my ass, can you help me on this next hit?" What are you going to say? No? Of course you're down!
What's the Deal? It's movies like this that make being a film critic fun. Why waste your time with one more dull romantic comedy with an ending you can see coming 40 miles away when you can watch a movie in which Gooding Jr. gets down with Mirren in between all the murders? Even better? It takes itself really seriously, like it's real art or something (ha!), so it's loads of laughs, too. Everyone wins.
Oh, Wait, One More Thing: Then, because the cancer makes her sentimental, Mirren's like, "No, I changed my mind," because the intended victim is pregnant. So they kind of, well, adopt her. It's like an incestuous, assassin-filled Diff'rent Strokes episode.
Even Better! Mo'Nique is in it! I love Mo'Nique! I've forgiven her for Phat Girlz. And Macy Gray pops up, too. She and Snoop were the only things worth watching in that Oscar-winning piece of crap Training Day. Go back and see that one, and tell me I'm wrong.
One to Watch: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who used to be on Third Rock From the Sun and was in the recent, excellent indie films Mysterious Skin and Brick, shows up here. Definitely go watch those other two.
In Conclusion: Only see this one if you like your movies out-of-control stupid. Really stupid.