Mr Brooks

Kevin Costner stars as the title character, a successful businessman who kills people in his spare time just for kicks. However he's just not enjoying it all that much any more and he's trying to stop - except he having a hard time doing so because the dark side of his conscience, given human form by William Hurt, eggs him on at every turn. Demi Moore completes the principles as the cop trying to track Costner down.

Bruce A. Evans' comedy is at times fairly uneven. The main plot, which see Costner pull one last job before quitting, only to be blackmailed into continuing, is enjoyable thanks largely to Costner and his sparring with Hurt. However the two subplots differ fairly dramatically in success. One involving his daughter works well, but the larger one, involving Demi Moore's cop, doesn't work at all. In fact Demi Moore's entire existence in this film feels overblown and unnecessary.

Still, this is certainly a film worth seeing, although maybe wait for the DVD, and even then wait until you've rewatched Grosse Pointe Blank; the gold standard to which all assassin comedies should aspire to.