"F9: The Fast Saga", the 226th installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise (okay, so it's really the ninth film in the series - or 10th, if you count the spinoff "Hobbs & Shaw") opens today in theaters.

And that’s bound to draw a whole lot of people into theaters over the next few weeks.

But if that’s not your “speed” – and you’ve already seen gems like “Cruella”, “A Quiet Place Part II” or “In the Heights” – there were only two major new releases last week. One will require you to stay home, because it’s only available on Netflix. And the other may make you wish you stayed home, because it completely sucks!

“Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” (Rated C)

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas

Genre: Action/Comedy

Where to watch: In theaters

Dwight’s Rating: One Star

This went bad faster than a mayonnaise or dairy dish left out in the hot Bahamian summer sun for nine hours.

Just four years ago, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” was a funny, entertaining and likable odd-couple, buddy comedy.

In my 2017 review, I wrote that stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson were “a superbly dynamic duo, who sparkle together as the ultimate bickering ‘frenemies’”. I even used words like “screen magic”, and said the cast made the film “watchable despite major flaws with its preposterous premise”. Wow!

Well, this follow-up, “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”, has apparently decided to double down on the preposterousness and play up the major flaws. Even with the same director, and the original screenwriter (along with others, this time), the new film has got to be one of the smelliest, sourest, most ridiculous sequels in a good number of years, and quite possibly the worst movie of 2021 so far.

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