Exclusive | Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick and Assassinations in 'Mr. Right'

Love and death have long been linked in the collective consciousness, whether it’s Romeo & Juliet dying in one another’s arms or the sexy killing spree of those Natural Born Killers. In the new comedy Mr. Right, director Paco Cabezas (Rage) and screenwriter Max Landis (American Ultra) explore the connection in a different way, through a hitman trying to find love.

Sam Rockwell (The Way, Way Back) stars as the assassin and Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect 2) stars as the woman who doesn’t think he’s being literal when he talks about murder. In this exclusive clip, we see how their romance plays out, with Rockwell trying – successfully – to turn an attempt on his life into a sweet romantic gesture for Kendrick.

Also: Max Landis Talks ‘Dirk Gently’ on The B-Movies Podcast

Mr. Right arrives in theaters, On Demand and Digital HD on April 8, 2016!

From the Press Release:

Hyperactive at the best of times, Martha (Anna Kendrick; Pitch Perfect) has gone full-on manic since her latest breakup. She babbles, parties like a monster, cooks everything in sight — and is looking to do something terrible when she meets Francis (Sam Rockwell; The Way Way Back). To anyone else, Francis’s approach would come across as creepy, but Martha can’t help but be intrigued. They seem a perfect match: she’s bananas, he’s bananas… except he’s a deadly sort of bananas. He’s a professional assassin.

Francis is a hitman with a cause: he unexpectedly kills the people ordering the hits. Just as Martha begins to realize her new beau wasn’t joking when he said he had to step out for a moment to shoot someone, things start heating up for Francis. His services are solicited by a dubious client who’s being sought by an equally dubious FBI agent (Tim Roth; Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs). As the bodies pile up, Martha needs to decide whether to flee or join in the mayhem.

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