The “aging hit man” movie trope tends to rear its silver head every couple of decades or so, as the elder generation finds itself, by choice or through force, making way for the next. I’ve seen so many of them in recent memory (Kingsman,

It's baffling that a film featuring a two-time Oscar winner and a promising, beloved young actor as squabbling hitmen could be as dreadfully dull as "Old Guy." Director Simon West ("Con Air") and writer Greg Johnson ("The Last Son") take the tired Grumpy Veteran Argues With Fresh-Faced Rookie trope to all-new lows in a film

Follows a contract killer facing the end of his career who is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field training Gen Z newcomer: Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. Director : Simon West Writer: Greg Johnson Stars: Christoph Waltz,

Christoph Waltz is being replaced in the assassin business in Old Guy, an action-comedy that skimps on the action and comedy.