professional killer

A minivan wife leading a double life as a professional killer is an agreeable enough premise for a broad action comedy, but the movie’s biggest idea lies not in content, but structure.

“The Al that Eric and Al wrote in this script is such a twisted version of the real Al. I sort of had permission to take the earnest sweetness that is very much in Al and channel that through this kind of demented, incredibly professional killer.”

That being said, Hansen isn’t the only professional killer hunting for Gentry, and being in a constant state of motion is seemingly going to be the key to his survival.

Former “Saturday Night Live” master mimic Bill Hader ditched his customary wigs and accents to play “Barry,” a depressed professional killer who tries to change his life by taking acting classes.

The Butcher’s Boy — the professional killer we first met in Thomas Perry’s debut novel back in 1982 — hasn’t lost his extremely sharp edge.