Mark Strong and Da'Vine Joy Randolph also appear in Joe Carnahan's movie about a pair of former government assassins trying to protect their young son.

Kerry Washington and Omar Sy play married ex-assassins on the run in a passable popcorn entertainment that needed more wit, style and electricity.

It takes a good long while to even figure out why the action keeps cutting back to Method Man and Da’Vine Joy Randolph – though the latter is so much better than she needs to be that you wish she was the star of Shadow Force.