Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is a 2021 American action comedy film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O'Connor and Brandon and Phillip Murphy. The film is a sequel to the 2017 film The Hitman's Bodyguard and features Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, and Richard E. Grant reprising their roles, with Frank Grillo, Tom Hopper, Antonio Banderas, and Morgan Freeman joining the cast.

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard was theatrically released in the United States on June 16, 2021, by Lionsgate Films. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the stale humor.

Storyline[]

Plot[]

The bodyguard Michael Bryce continues his friendship with assassin Darius Kincaid as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.

Genres[]

Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller

Motion Picture Rating[]

MA15+ (Australia)
16 (Brazil)
14A (Canada)
12 (Colombia)
15 (Denmark)
K-16 (Finland)
Tous publics avec avertissement (France)
16 (Germany)
16 (Hungary)
A (India)
D17+ (Indonesia)
16 (Ireland) (theatrical rating)
15 (Ireland) (video rating)
B15 (Mexico)
16 (Netherlands)
R16 (New Zealand)
15 (Norway)
16 (Poland)
M/16 (Portugal)
18+ (Russia)
M18 (Singapore)
18 (South Korea)
16 (Spain)
15 (Sweden)
16 (Switzerland)
15 (UK)
R (USA)
PG-15 (United Arab Emirates)

Images[]

Cast and Crew[]

Director[]

Patrick Hughes

Writing Credits[]

Tom O'Connor (screenplay)
Brandon Murphy (screenplay)
Tom O'Connor (based on characters created by)
Tom O'Connor (story)
Phillip Murphy (screenplay)

Cast[]

Ryan Reynolds - Michael Bryce
Ivor Bagaric - Young Michael Bryce
Samuel L. Jackson - Darius Kincaid
Salma Hayek - Sonia Kincaid
Frank Grillo - Bobby O'Neill
Antonio Banderas - Aristotle Papadopoulos
Morgan Freeman - Michael Bryce Sr.
Richard E. Grant - Mr. Seifert
Tom Hopper - Magnusson
Kristofer Kamiyasu - Zento
Gabriella Wright - Veronika
Dragan Mićanović - Vlad
Gary Oldman - Vladislav Dukhovich
Alice McMillan - Ailso
Rebecca Front - Michael's Therapist
Blake Ritson - Gunther
Caroline Goodall - Crowley
Patrick Hughes - Bouncer
Enzo Squillino Jr. - Bartender

Producers[]

Christa Campbell (producer)
Boaz Davidson (executive producer)
Valentin Dimitrov (line producer)
Thomas A. Giovine (associate producer)
Jeffrey Greenstein (executive producer)
Lati Grobman (producer)
Avi Lerner (executive producer)
Heidi Jo Markel (executive producer)
Matthew O'Toole (producer)
Lonnie Ramati (co-executive producer)
Paul Ritchie (line producer)
Jonathan Yunger (executive producer)

Details[]

Countries[]

USA
UK

Language[]

English

Release Dates[]

June 10, 2021 (Australia) (advance screenings)
June 14, 2021 (UK)
June 14, 2021 (Ireland)
June 16, 2021 (Canada)
June 16, 2021 (Spain)
June 16, 2021 (Finland)
June 16, 2021 (Iceland)
June 16, 2021 (Mexico)
June 16, 2021 (Malaysia)
June 16, 2021 (Russia)
June 16, 2021 (Sweden)
June 16, 2021 (Taiwan)
June 16, 2021 (USA)
June 17, 2021 (Hong Kong)
June 17, 2021 (Croatia)
June 17, 2021 (Hungary)
June 17, 2021 (Lebanon)
June 17, 2021 (Portugal)
June 18, 2021 (Estonia)
June 18, 2021 (Lithuania)
June 23, 2021 (Indonesia)
June 23, 2021 (South Korea)
June 24, 2021 (Australia)
June 24, 2021 (New Zealand)
June 24, 2021 (Singapore)
June 24, 2021 (Ukraine)
June 30, 2021 (France)
July 1, 2021 (Brazil)
July 1, 2021 (Greece)
July 2, 2021 (Poland)
July 15, 2021 (Slovakia)
July 22, 2021 (Netherlands)
August 26, 2021 (Germany)
August 28, 2021 (Argentina)

Trailer Release Dates[]

Trailer 1 - April 13, 2021
Trailer 2 - May 13, 2021

Home Media Release Dates[]

August 17, 2021 (USA) (DVD)
August 17, 2021 (USA) (Blu-Ray)
August 17, 2021 (USA) (4K UHD Blu-Ray)
September 6, 2021 (UK) (DVD)
September 6, 2021 (UK) (Blu-Ray)
September 6, 2021 (UK) (4K UHD Blu-Ray)

Also Known As[]

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (alternative title)

Production[]

In May 2018, it was announced that Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek were in early talks to reprise their roles for a sequel to the 2017 film The Hitman's Bodyguard, with plans to begin filming later in the year. While Lionsgate Films was in talks to secure the U.S. distribution rights, Patrick Hughes was also in talks to return for directing duties. In November 2018, Lionsgate acquired the U.S. rights from Millennium Media, while Matt O'Toole and Les Weldon would produce the film through Millennium and Campbell Grobman Films, and Hughes would return to direct the film from a script by Tom O'Connor, Brandon Murphy and Phillip Murphy. Reynolds, Jackson, and Hayek also officially signed on to star in the sequel. In March 2019, Frank Grillo, Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, and Tom Hopper joined the cast of the film, with Richard E. Grant reprising his role from the first.

Filming began on March 2, 2019 in Europe. Filming also took place in Italy (Trieste), Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and the United Kingdom.

Release[]

Lionsgate Films released the film on June 16, 2021, after being delayed before to August 20, 2021 from an original release date of August 28, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reception[]

Box office[]

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard grossed $18,555,846 worldwide on a budget of around $50-70 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross around $15 million from 3,331 theaters over its five-day opening weekend. The film made $3.9 million on its first day of release, including $1.8 million from advance screenings the weekend before and $815,000 from Tuesday night previews. It went on to gross $11.7 million in its opening weekend and $17 million over the five days, topping the box office.

Critical response[]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 130 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Despite the charms of its ensemble, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard fails to protect the audience from repetitive and tired genre tropes." According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 34 critics, the film received "generally unfavorable reviews". The film also has a 6.5/10 rating on IMDb. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported that 75% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 53% saying that they would definitely recommend it.

Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote, "Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is a comedy with not one legitimate laugh, and an action movie where cars keep blowing up while the A-listers yell at each other, as though that were inherently amusing or entertaining." From The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney said, "Screenwriters Tom O'Connor, Phillip Murphy and Brandon Murphy display no interest in how credible characters - even cartoonishly exaggerated comic ones - might really behave under circumstances like these, which wouldn't be so bad if the movie were funnier. But its occasional laughs drown in a sea of action-comedy tropes that have been stale for decades."

Company Credits[]

Production Companies[]

Lionsgate Films
Millennium Media
Summit Entertainment
Above the Line Set Assistance & Security
Campbell Grobman Films
Davis Films
Film i Väst
FilmGate Productions
Filmgate Films
Hitman Two Productions
Nu Boyana Film Studios
iFilm

Distributors[]

BF Distribution (2021) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Dutch FilmWorks (2021) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Golden Village Pictures (2021) (Singapore) (theatrical)
Joyncontents Group (2021) (South Korea) (theatrical)
Kinepolis Film Distribution (2021) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Kinomania (2021) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
Lionsgate Films (2021) (UK) (theatrical)
Lionsgate Films (2021) (Ireland) (theatrical)
Lionsgate Films (2021) (USA) (theatrical)
Megogo Distribution (2021) (Russia) (theatrical)
Paramount Pictures (2021) (Germany) (theatrical)
Purple Plan (2021) (Singapore) (theatrical)
Roadshow Films (2021) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
Roadshow Films (2021) (Australia) (theatrical)
Telepool (2021) (Germany) (theatrical)
Top Film (2021) (Russia) (theatrical)
VVS Films (2021) (Canada) (theatrical)
Blue Swan Entertainment (2021) (Italy) (all media)
Film & TV House (2021) (Non-US) (all media) (multi-territory)
GEM Entertainment (2021) (Non-US) (all media) (multi-territory)
NOS Audiovisuais (2021) (Singapore) (all media)
Vértice 360 (2021) (Spain) (all media)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (USA) (DVD)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (USA) (Blu-Ray)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (USA) (4K UHD Blu-Ray)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (UK) (DVD)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (UK) (Blu-Ray)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2021) (UK) (4K UHD Blu-Ray)

Special Effects[]

Red Ring Entertainment (visual effects)

Technical Specs[]

Runtime[]

100 mins

Color[]

Color

Aspect Ratio[]

2.35:1

Trivia[]

At one point, Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) hits someone with a bottle of Aviation Gin. This is the brand of gin owned by Reynolds in real life.
Star Salma Hayek was shocked when she was asked to reprise in this sequel her small supporting part of Sonia Kincaid from The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017). She said, "Quite frankly, I was shocked. I've been in so many movies where we get the call, 'Oh my God, you're one of the most liked characters in the film'. For the first time, there was a director that said, 'I'm gonna listen to the audience'. But I didn't trust him. At the beginning, I said, 'Oh, he's just exaggerating. He's just being nice'. But then when we started talking about it, he told me the story-line and then I realized, 'oh, my God, this guy is not just for real, but he also wants me involved in the process."
This movie, like the first film, was entirely shot in Europe. This sequel was filmed in five European countries which were Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and the United Kingdom.
Of co-star Salma Hayek in this film, actor Ryan Reynolds has said, "Salma is a writer. She comes to set with a writer's mind and outlook. She's constantly improving, rewriting and reminding us all what the scene is actually about. She comes to play and build."
The possibility of another sequel has been touted by the film's director Patrick Hughes prior to the picture's premiere in June 2021. He said of another sequel in an interview, "It dawned on me during the first film that the endlessly suffering fool who is Michael Bryce, must suffer endlessly, therefore we must endlessly make sequels. As a result, the sequel does leave things ready for another film. All we can say is that it sets Ryan up to suffer. Endlessly."
The movie's two African-American co-stars, Morgan Freeman and Samuel L. Jackson, have worked together before, but this is their first feature film collaboration. Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard represented a long-awaited reunion for Jackson and Freeman. The latter said, "Jackson is phenomenal. We worked together in New York back in the '80s when he was a kid, and we haven't worked together since. But I've seen almost every movie he's ever made and always admired his actor's chops - he's always totally believable whatever situation you see him in." According to a 1993 article in Deseret News. "Jackson met Freeman when both were struggling stage actors in New York" whilst a Jackson biography declares that he was mentored by Freeman in his early career.
In reviews of this oddly wordy-titled movie sequel, some critics having jokingly speculated on the title of a possible further sequel, including 'The Hitman's Wife's Child's Bodyguard', 'The Hitman's Ex-Wife's Bodyguard', 'The Hitman's Wife's Son's Bodyguard', and 'The Hitman's Mother-In-Law's Agent's Bodyguard'.
A number of key creatives including both cast and crew return for the sequel. Principal cast members Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek all reprise their roles as does Richard E. Grant. Director Patrick Hughes returns as does screenwriter Tom O'Connor as well as a number of various producers. New principal cast to the franchise with this sequel are Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, and Frank Grillo. Not appearing in the sequel was Ryan Reynolds' central love interest in the first film Amelia Roussel who was played by Elodie Yung.
Of actress Salma Hayek in this movie, the film's director Patrick Hughes has said, "Salma is just a creative ball of energy, and she brings so much to the table. When we were in pre-production in London, I'd go over to her place once a week, and we'd work on the dialogue. She's always bringing endless ideas."
Of the movie's post-production, director Patrick Hughes has said in an interview, "The pandemic kicked in at the tail end of post [in 2020]. The [color] grade was being done in New York, the sound mix in London, editorial was in L.A. [Los Angeles] and I was in lock-down in Melbourne [in Australia]."
Ryan Reynolds in this sequel returns to the role of bodyguard Michael Bryce, much to the malevolent delight of director Patrick Hughes who said, "Poor Ryan just goes through the absolute wringer. Michael Bryce is suffering no matter what he does. The rule when I was developing the script is that nothing goes in his favor. If the first film put him in therapy, then this one's going to put him in hospital. I wanted him to be hit by a car, run over by a boat, punched in the face, shot, stabbed, burnt, and drowned." Hughes continued, "Ryan Reynolds has got it all - he's hugely talented, just gorgeous looking. Maybe that's why I just loved any stunt that hurt Ryan. You're not allowed to hurt people in real life, that's just wrong and, besides, he's my friend. But apparently when you make a movie, you just put in the script, and you can hit them with a car."
The movie's director Patrick Hughes told show-business trade-paper Variety that the character of Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) was significantly expanded for this sequel after "everyone kept telling" him "they wanted to see and know more about Sonia."
Although the film is partially set in Greece, none of the filming for the movie was actually shot there.
The film stars one Oscar (Academy Award) winner, Morgan Freeman, and four nominees, Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, Antonio Banderas, and Richard E. Grant.
Publicity for this picture, according to an interview with director Patrick Hughes, states that the character of Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) suffers from a rare personality disorder which is known in psychiatric medicine as "batshit crazy".
"I couldn't help but wonder, what the hell would have happened to Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) after that road trip with Kincaid?", asked director Patrick Hughes, who returns to direct Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard following the first film's breakthrough success. "Kincaid felt like this overbearing, disapproving father figure throughout that film, and Bryce has massive and deep-rooted validation issues. It felt to me that Bryce would certainly be in therapy. There was a real potential to explore the family dynamic." That family dynamic takes form as Kincaid's wife - the international con artist Sonia Kincaid - embraces her role as a mother figure. She'd actually be pretty good at it if not for her extreme mania - if anything, she's even more volatile than her husband - but she does have a way of sympathetically making peace between Bryce and Kincaid.
Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) and Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) are escaping down a tunnel filled with torture devices. As they escape, they are trying to find weapons so they can defend themselves. At one point, Kincaid picks a mace off the wall and says, "Let's see what a mace will do." But he says it in such a way that sounds like "Mace Windu", which is Jackson's character in several Star Wars movies.
At one stage Nicolas Cage was considered for a role.
"That's the key to these movies," said director Patrick Hughes. "Ryan and Sam know exactly how to play off of each other, and that makes them a classic odd couple. Their characters are chalk and cheese. Darius Kincaid with his cool swagger against Michael Bryce's snarky OCD. Their chemistry is off the charts. When you throw Salma into the mix, it's even more fun - these actors are all experts in how audiences perceive them and play with those expectations in hugely entertaining ways."
The movie's art department dressed many locations sets, including London's Woolwich Town Hall as a stand-in for the interior of Aristotle Papadopoulos (Antonio Banderas)'s castle, and the Natural History Museum, for a scene in which Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) receives body-guarding's highest honor. The ancient and charming Croatian fishing town of Rovinj, on the Istrian coast, stood in for many Italian Amalfi Coast locations, and across the Italian border in the historic city of Trieste, the film was able to shoot at the beautiful Miramare Castle, inside the grand Trieste Prefettura, and on the Piazza Unita.
Stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are collaborating on an animated series for the streaming service Quibi called Futha Mucka. The official synopsis reads, "Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds love each other. More accurately, Ryan loves Sam. When a minor mishap causes Sam to become Ryan's primary caregiver, things get weird."
Salma Hayek refused to do the shot where she and Ryan Reynolds' characters are drugged and fall on each other when she found out her face would end up on her butt and hers would be against his crotch. So they had to use a body double for her.
The photo of Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek)'s secret black bird tattoo which her character sports on her left breast in the movie has garnered over 354,000 likes on the actress' Instagram page prior to the picture's release.
Cast members Sonia Kincaid and Antonio Banderas are both seen sporting peroxided blonde hair in this picture. This hair colour is cast against the type of their normal regular dark/brunette hair colour.
Star Ryan Reynolds has said about this film on his Twitter account prior to release, "I never know if we're filming or if this stuff just happens when you hang out with @SamuelLJackson and @SalmaHayek. #HitmansWifesBodyguard June 16."
The tagline "Hit Me Baby One More Time" is from the 1998 song "...Baby One More Time" sung by Britney Spears and is heard during the movie's trailer.
The film's press kit describes the "egomaniacal Greek tycoon" Aristotle Papadopoulos character played by Antonio Banderas as "a cross between Liberace, Scarface, and Aristotle Onassis." Theo Tomasis (Anthony Quinn), the title character in the movie The Greek Tycoon (1978), was based on Aristotle Onassis.
Actress Salma Hayek on Instagram said of the movie's postponement from August 2020 to the northern summer of 2021, "Because of the confinement the release of HWB has been postponed to the summer of 2021. I'm kind of bummed because I can't wait for you all to see it."
Filming location nations which feature in both The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) include both Bulgaria and England in the United Kingdom.
This is one of the biggest ever international film productions to ever shoot in the central-southeastern European nation of Croatia.
Although the film has an emphasis on the personal relationship between the characters played by Salma Hayek and Samuel L. Jackson, nothing is ever mentioned about the personal relationship between the characters played by Ryan Reynolds and Elodie Yung from The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) with the latter actor not appearing at all in this sequel.
A significant part of the movie is set on the Amalfi Coast. The coastline is situated in Southern Italy on the Gulf of Salerno adjacent to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
This is the seventh feature film collaboration of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek after Desperado (1995), Frida (2002), Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). The pair did voice work in Puss in Boots (2011) whilst both also appeared in Four Rooms (1995) but in different segments.
Millennium Media President Jeffrey Greenstein immediately embraced the direction of the continuation of the story, "After seeing the outpouring of love for the characters and fun of the first film, we couldn't live without Michael Bryce, Darius, and Sonia Kincaid. So, we honored the seat-belt rule and buckled up for another fun ride." Greenstein continued, "It's the incredible on-screen chemistry of the returning cast that sets this film apart. When you add in Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas and Frank Grillo, it's even more entertaining. These actors in these roles are just so much fun."
Some pre-publicity for this picture reported that this sequel was entitled 'The Hitman' as well as being informally referred to as 'Hitman's Bodyguard 2'.
The name of the book that Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) reads whilst relaxing on sabbatical is "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne.
Of this sequel, Ron Schwartz, president of worldwide distribution at Lionsgate Films, has said, "This is the kind of summer action film that delivers even more comedy and more thrilling action than the first film - and it's perfect for new fans as well. 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' is what summer movie-going is all about - great, crowd-pleasing entertainment."
When star Ryan Reynolds' other 2021 release Free Guy had its American launch date moved to August 13, 2021 by Disney/20th Century Studios, the stateside release date of Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard got moved from its August 2021 U.S. release date to a June 16, 2021 opener in North America.
Both The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) feature a character called Vlad or Vladislav - Vladislav Dukhovich (Gary Oldman) and Vlad (Dragan Micanovic) respectively.
Locations filmed in the country of Croatia portrayed both the Croatian nation as well as doubling for various Italian settings specifically many numerous town settings on the real life Amalfi Coast of Italy.
Actress Salma Hayek, who despite playing the title character of Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, has third billing, under Ryan Reynolds (1st) and Samuel L. Jackson (2nd). Antonio Banderas has 4th billing and Morgan Freeman has 5th billing.
Actresses Gabriella Wright and Salma Hayek, who play Veronika and Sonia Kincaid respectively, have previously both worked together on Everly (2014) and Septembers of Shiraz (2015).
The sequel was made and intended for first release in the year 2020 which would have been about three years after the original film The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017). However, the approximately one year delay due to the worldwide health crisis has meant that the interval between the pictures is now about four years.
Two actors portray Michael Bryce in the film, Ivor Bagaric and Ryan Reynolds, as the young and older Michael Bryce respectively.
Filming in 2019 in Croatia in Eastern Europe ran for about a month. One report stated that the shoot there was scheduled for 49 days.
This is the second film collaboration between Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas, after Thick as Thieves (2009).
This is the second film collaboration between director Patrick Hughes and actor Antonio Banderas, after The Expendables 3 (2014).
The late actor Steve McQueen is mentioned in dialogue at one point at the end of a car chase, a reference to Bullitt (1968) in which he starred. The first writing job for the movie's co-screenwriters, brothers Phillip Murphy and Brandon Murphy, was writing a biopic for producer Jerry Weintraub, which was about the year actor McQueen took off acting at the height of his career to race motorcycles professionally.
Salma Hayek has a leading part in this sequel movie whereas in the original picture The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) her role as the same character Sonia Kincaid was a smaller supporting role seen during the end of the picture appearing in the movie for only a few minutes of screen time.
This is the second of three consecutive theatrical feature films directed by Patrick Hughes featuring the word "man" in the title. The first was The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), the third being The Man from Toronto (2022).
In Everly (2014), actress Salma Hayek also starred in a leading action role, where she faced "hitmen" (like Samuel L. Jackson's Darius Kincaid character) who were sent by a "mob boss" (like Antonio Banderas' Aristotle Papadopoulos character) whilst trying to protect her "family" (something Hayek's character is trying to start-up in this movie).
Prior to release, Morgan Freeman's role in the movie was generally unknown and undisclosed as was the name of his character in the film.

Connections[]

Follows[]

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

References[]

Casablanca (1942) - Kincaid quotes the "of all the gin joints..." line when Bryce joins him in the bar.
Bullitt (1968) - Steve McQueen is mentioned in relation to a car chase.
Scarface (1983) - "Say hello to my little..." when Aristotle aims his gun at Kincaid.
Overboard (1987) - Bryce tries to remember the name of this Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn film.
Child's Play (1988) - Bryce says Sonia would make a terrible mother and "wouldn't leave a Chucky doll in her care."
Three Fugitives (1989) - Mention of "three fugitives" in dialogue.
Desperado (1995) - Aristotle Papadopoulos (Antonio Banderas) cracks his neck bone just prior to a kill.
Armageddon (1998) - "Last time I saw a drill like that Bruce Willis was on an asteroid!"
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - At one point, Kincaid picks a mace off the wall and says, "Let's see what a mace will do." But he says it in such a way that sounds like "Mace Windu", which is Jackson's character in several Star Wars movies.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) - At one point, Kincaid picks a mace off the wall and says, "Let's see what a mace will do." But he says it in such a way that sounds like "Mace Windu", which is Jackson's character in several Star Wars movies.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) - At one point, Kincaid picks a mace off the wall and says, "Let's see what a mace will do." But he says it in such a way that sounds like "Mace Windu", which is Jackson's character in several Star Wars movies.
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) - The group of nuns on a boat calls back to the nuns on the bus in the first movie.

Features[]

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) - Various flashbacks shown.