冬のニューヨーク。黒のロングコートに身を包むスミスは、ひょんなことからマフィアに追われる妊婦を助けるハメに。恐妻家のボス、ハーツが送り込む刺客が次々と現われる中、拾い上げた銃で応戦するスミス。ところが妊婦はショックで産気づくや、赤ん坊を産み落としてすぐ流れ弾に当たってあっけなく絶命。やむを得ず赤ん坊を拾い上げたスミスは、なおも執拗に迫る追っ手をかわして昔なじみの娼婦ドンナのもとへ。しかし赤ん坊の命に執念を燃やすハーツは、スミスの居場所を難なく突き止めると、50人の部下を従え襲撃へと向かうが…。
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監督: Michael Davis
脚本: Michael Davis
音楽: Paul Haslinger
制作: Rick Benattar / Cale Boyter / Douglas Curtis
撮影監督: 鮑德熹
Well, it’s certainly well titled! It’s all about a chap called “Smith” (Clive Owen) who just happens to be sitting on a bench in the wrong place at the wrong time. Before he knows it he’s having to rescue a pregnant woman from some would-be assassins, and then before he knows that he’s delivering the baby. Now the question is - why would these thugs be remotely interested in a pregnant woman? Well it seems that “Donna” (Monica Bellucci) is unable or unwilling to enlighten him much, and as the two of them try to get the baby to safety, they discover that their pursuers are not going to give up lightly. No, there’s not exactly a lot of jeopardy here but what we see is actually quite good fun as the scene-stealing Paul Giamatti adopts a whole new style of performance as his “Hertz” rents out hitmen rather than saloon cars and turns out to be at the centre of some corruption at the highest levels of the American government that involves the Senate and some armament peddlers. Again, what’s the baby got to do with it? Well that’s what “Smith” has to try and find out and it’s going to be a dangerous process. There are plenty of pyrotechnics, car chases and shoot ‘em ups and the pace of the film never really lets up - but the plot is really weak and Owen has all the screen presence of some wet celery as the thread quickly descends into a series of predictably derivative frying pan/fire scenarios. I did rather enjoy the last five minutes, though, but it could have been so much better had auteur Michael Davis cast a lead with charisma.
