While Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s inability to stop smoldering at each other was why most people enjoyed watching the original Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the film’s story about a married couple realizing they’ve both been hiding secret lives as spies was an intriguing example of how well the romcom and action genres could complement one another.
The movie only spent a bit of time fleshing out its vision of strained domestic bliss before it became more focused on blowing things up. But in the…