As Jane and John Smith, Jolie and Pitt hit their movie-star stride. They complete each other.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith works on almost every level and against all odds.

The couple's dark, deadpan banter is amusing, particularly during a car chase in which they rapidly exchange some home truths. But there's a coldness to their characters that is never resolved.

The weaponry and technologies have been seen before in one or two, or was it thirty-five, similar films. This is a work going through the motions in nearly every regard.