“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” reminds me a lot of the 1985 film “Prizzi’s Honor” starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner. It’s the same M.O. but with a few different twists and updating. The tagline for “Prizzi’s Honor is “Hired killers by day. Devoted lovers by night. Until they found their next assignment was each other.” This could be the same tag line for “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” While the story line is very similar, the details and chemistry are not. You can really tell that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are attracted to each other. There is sexual tension throughout the entire film. This makes Mr. and Mrs. Smith much more believable than Prizzi’s Honor. You really feel that as a couple they love each other but work is getting in the way. It’s impossible for them to share details about their lives since they are living behind their secrets. What makes this film unbelievable is the over the top violence. They fight bigger than life battles against overwhelming odds without little more than cuts and scratches. In the attempt to showcase special effects and create excitement, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Arrested Development) misses the mark of realism and it comes across as just plain silly.