Mr & Mrs Smith | Prime Video

[Glanza]

Two lonely strangers land a job working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travels and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. & Mrs. John and Jane Smith. Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone. Their complex cover story becomes even more complicated when they catch real feelings for each other. What’s riskier, espionage or marriage?

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Premieres on Prime Video February 2nd, 2024.

 

[pepp77]

Different premise to the film, weren't they actually married in that and working for different factions and not knowing it?

 

[Thekwango]

Different premise to the film, weren't they actually married in that and working for different factions and not knowing it?

yup

 

[pepp77]

Could work, we all saw how much fun the true lies series was with the husband and wife working together.

 

[the shadow]

Too Woke for Neil

 

[Glanza]

 

[C Kent]

So the premise is totally different from the film but they've decided to go with the same title to tie it to the film? Bizarre.

 

[Gunni Parker]

I really enjoyed the film. Hmmmm... Not sure about this though.

 

[FBi7]

Meh, my prime subscription expires end of January. We don't watch enough prime video to justify the subscription, especially when we find something we want to watch and they want an additional fee to watch it. Plus with ads coming in unless you pay even more to remove them.

I enjoyed the film, I think, it was over 17 years ago and I haven't seen it since. It was where I saw the film that was was more memorable. It was in Banja Luka, Bosnia, in the back of the BFBS Movie Machine - an artic lorry where the trailer sides extends outward et voila - a mini cinema

 

[Mesai]

So the premise is totally different from the film but they've decided to go with the same title to tie it to the film? Bizarre.

Probably to piggyback off of the name. Doubt it’ll be good.

 

[m@rty]

I'll give this a watch but my bet at the moment (without watching any trailers or anything yet) is that it will be absolute cack.

 

[Glanza]

 

[Glanza]

All out today, surprised at that as Amazon usually go for the weekly releases now.

 

[Rroff]

The premise of the original movie of them not knowing each other was working for a different agency is really what made it, so don't have hopes for this, but I'll watch an episode later and see.

 

[rp2000]

Might watch an episode or 2. Wasn't really on my list but the 2 websites I visit daily have quite positive headlines (I didn't read the articles, cos spoilers).

The Verge:

Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series is a clever interpolation of the classic spy fantasy​

Digital Spy:

Mr and Mrs Smith succeeds where Citadel failed​

rp2000

 

[Rroff]

It's different I'll give it that, undecided what to make of it so far from episode 1.

 

[smokedog]

The show was generally enjoyable, however, episode 6 was rather tedious and unnecessarily prolonged.

If you are a fan of Donald Glover's previous work, particularly "Atlanta," you will likely appreciate this show as it shares a similar atmosphere and dialogue style.

 

[Rob_B]

Watching ep1 now, will give it a chance, however I'm already slightly irked by the Reacher style walking-in-the-open-into-a-gunfight
Such a petty thing I know but it seems to be more common and could easily be replaced with something not so stupid, lazy writing/directing?

 

[smokedog]

Watching ep1 now, will give it a chance, however I'm already slightly irked by the Reacher style walking-in-the-open-into-a-gunfight
Such a petty thing I know but it seems to be more common and could easily be replaced with something not so stupid, lazy writing/directing?

I tried to not pay too much attention to the gun battles as they are annoyingly unrealistic. When you're faced with overwhelming odds from all directions, with sub-machine guns you would think you're done for, but nope it's hardly an inconvenience, just duck and run around the corner.

 

[R3X]

If there not trying to kill each other with that comedy element.... can this be even interesting as an tv series?