Foe Turn Friends In The New 'Hitman’s Bodyguard' Trailer

Lionsgate has dispatched the second full trailer for The Hitman’s Bodyguard in which Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson forge an uneasy alliance to topple a power-crazy dictator.

Retaining the breathless pace of its forebear, this latest trailer is all about the crackerjack energy simmering between Jackson and Reynolds. The former is a wanted hitman leaving the Powers That Be little choice but to assign a bodyguard to escort him on his journey to the International Court of Justice. At least, that’s the idea. That onus is on Ryan Reynolds’ protection agent, who soon finds that he’s in over his head once Samuel L. Jackson’s assassin begins tearing up the idyllic canals of Amsterdam with reckless abandon.

Also on board are Salma Hayek as SLJ’s fiery significant other, Elodie Yung, Oldman and Joaquim de Almeida of Our Brand Is Crisis. The Hitman’s Bodyguard will be dispatched into theaters on August 18th.