Here’s a film that seems desperate to show it’s got a little bit of something for everyone – action, comedy, romance, and Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler running around being silly. They star as a divorced couple, with Aniston playing a woman who’s skipped out on her bail, while Butler is the bounty hunter determined to bring her in. It all looks passable enough, in a script-by-numbers predictable way, and the two stars seem to be having a great time, although I won’t buy my ticket just yet.
I do think it’s kind of interesting though how the title changed from The Bounty, which it was first announced as, to The Bounty Hunter, as it shows a shift from Aniston being the focus to Butler. Does it mean his star has grown, or hers has slipped?