Love Hurts (2025 film)

Marvin Gable is a successful real estate agent who has recently been awarded the highest honor by his boss, friend, and mentor Cliff Cussick. He is often accompanied by his cynically depressed assistant Ashley, who constantly threatens leaving her job, despite Marvin's pep talks.

In actuality, Marvin is a former assassin for "The Company", run by his estranged brother Alvin, AKA "Knuckles". He was to eliminate a young lawyer, Rose, after she stole from the Company, but due to his love for her, he told her to run instead before choosing to leave his old life behind.

In the present, around Valentine's Day, Marvin receives a letter from Rose. He is later confronted by knife assassin and poetry obsessed Raven, who has been hired to find the whereabouts of Rose. Marvin knocks Raven out and leaves him in his office. He heads back home to collect his things before two more agents, King and Otis, confront him.

Marvin manages to defeat the two before he is captured by Rose, who takes him back to her hideout at a strip club. Meanwhile, Ashley discovers Raven as well as his poetry and falls in love with him, where he in turn admires her appreciation for his work.

Cliff goes to Marvin's house where he is confronted by Knuckles who tells him of Marvin's former life. Despite this, Cliff respects Marvin's efforts to change and Knuckles kills him when he declares that they are "brothers".

Rose tells Marvin she has collected an insurmountable degree of information of Knuckles' frequent money laundering, revealing that he has been cheating several partners, and has even captured his accountant, Kippy Betts. She had also been coercing Knuckles' right hand man Renny Merlo, who was going to double cross her for fear of Knuckles finding out that he had stolen from him. Rose plans to use Kippy's information to finally take down Knuckles, and wants Marvin to return to his old ways to help her out.

Having hid in one of the houses Marvin is selling, a couple that Marvin previously spoke to arrive, forcing him to finalize his work with them. He contacts Ashley and asks that she bring the papers, unaware that Raven is with her. Kippy manages to escape and contacts Renny, who in turn orders King and Otis to come as well.

As Rose leaves to confront Knuckles, Raven, Ashley, Otis, and King arrive and a fight breaks out, resulting in the death of Marvin's overzealous rival Jeff Zaks. Marvin and Raven team up and take out Otis and King, but Ashley insists that Marvin and Raven cease their fight as she is in love with the latter. Inspired by this, Marvin pursues Rose to Knuckles' hideout and they fight through his men, with Merlo getting killed.

After realizing his brother murdered Cliff, Marvin has one final fight with Knuckles, ending with him victorious. Rose reveals that she contacted the Russian gangsters that Knuckles had cheated, resulting in them coming and taking him away. Marvin finally declares his love for Rose, proudly embracing his past and future.

{{cast listing|

• Ke Huy Quan as Marvin Gable, a former hitman-turned-successful realtor
• Ariana DeBose as Rose Carlisle, a lawyer and Marvin's girlfriend
• Daniel Wu as Alvin "Knuckles" Gable, Marvin's estranged younger brother
• Marshawn Lynch as King
• Mustafa Shakir as The Raven / Roger
• Lio Tipton as Ashley
• Rhys Darby as Kippy Betts
• André Eriksen as Otis
• Sean Astin as Cliff Cussick, Marvin's former mentor
• Cam Gigandet as Renny Merlo
• Drew Scott as Jeff Zaks

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In January 2024, it was reported that an action film titled With Love directed by Jonathan Eusebio was in development, with Luke Passmore, Josh Stoddard, and Matthew Murray writing the screenplay and Ke Huy Quan cast in the lead role. In March, Ariana DeBose joined the cast in an undisclosed role. In April, Daniel Wu, Marshawn Lynch, Mustafa Shakir, Cam Gigandet, André Eriksen, and Lio Tipton joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began on April 1, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and wrapped on May 17, 2024. The production budget was $18 million. The film was retitled from With Love to Love Hurts by October 2024 and Sean Astin was revealed to have joined the cast.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/ke-huy-quan-with-love-release-date-1235858857/|title=Ke Huy Quan 87North Universal Action Movie Gets New Title, Still Set For Winter 2025 Release|date=October 21, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 21, 2024}}

Love Hurts was released in the United States on February 7, 2025 by Universal Pictures.{{cite web|title=Ke Huy Quan 87North Universal Action Movie 'With Love' Sets Winter 2025 Release|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=14 March 2024|access-date=14 March 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/ke-huy-quan-with-love-release-date-1235858857/}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/love-hurts-star-ke-huy-quan-1236042554/ |title='Love Hurts' Star Ke Huy Quan Talks 'The Goonies' Reunion and Fulfilling His Action Star Dreams|date=October 23, 2024 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}

{{As of|2025|3|18|df=US}}, Love Hurts has grossed $15.7{{nbsp}}million in the United States and Canada, and $1.9{{nbsp}}million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $17.6{{nbsp}}million.

In the United States and Canada, Love Hurts was released alongside Heart Eyes and was projected to gross $7–8{{nbsp}}million from 3,055 theaters in its opening weekend.{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=February 5, 2025 |title='Dog Man' to Lead Box Office Pack Again as Ke Huy Quan's 'Love Hurts' and Slasher 'Heart Eyes' Target Single-Digit Starts|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/box-office-dog-man-no-1-love-hurts-heart-eyes-open-1236296527/ |access-date=February 5, 2025 |website=Variety}} The film earned $2.6{{nbsp}}million on its first day, including an estimated $850,000 from Thursday night previews. It debuted to $5.8{{nbsp}}million, finishing third behind holdover Dog Man and Heart Eyes.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/box-office-heart-eyes-love-hurts-dog-man-1236281448/|title=No Box Office Touchdowns This Super Bowl Weekend: Dog Man Drops -62%; Few Falling In Love With Heart Eyes & Love Hurts – Sunday AM Update|date=February 9, 2025|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=February 9, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W06/|title=Domestic 2025 Weekend 6|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 12, 2025}} It made $4.2{{nbsp}}million in its second weekend, finishing in sixth, and dropped out of the box office top ten in its fourth weekend.{{Cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |last2=Tartaglione |first2=Nancy |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Disney Calls 'Captain America: Brave New World' 4-Day At $100M Opening – Box Office Update |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/box-office-captain-america-brave-new-world-1236289044/ |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W07/|title=Domestic 2025 Weekend 7|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 18, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W08/|title=Domestic 2025 Weekend 8|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=February 25, 2025}} It ended its theatrical run after 39 days (five weeks).{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1868267521/|title=Love Hurts – Domestic Release|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=March 18, 2025}}

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|19|4.2|159|Ouchie.|ref=yes|access-date=April 15, 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|34|43|ref=yes|access-date=February 18, 2025}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it a 61% overall positive score, with 41% saying they would "definitely recommend" it.

Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com gave the film one out of four stars and wrote, "Love Hurts is plagued by commitment issues. The romantic action comedy wants to be a throwback exploitation programmer with a modern sheen but isn't invested in the romance, action, or even the comedy it's trying to sell."{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/love-hurts-movie-review-2025-2|title=Love Hurts|first=Robert|last=Daniels|website=RogerEbert.com|date=February 6, 2025|access-date=February 6, 2025}}

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it one and a half out of four stars, writing, "It's as if they took various ingredients from the Quentin Tarantino catalog, mixed in a medley of fights from the Bourne franchise (only without any real sense of menace), sprinkled in some lame attempts at dark humor, tossed 'em into a malfunctioning AI Blender and hit 'Puree.' With the lid off."{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2025/02/06/love-hurts-clarity-takes-a-beating-in-a-dreary-clunky-action-comedy|title='Love Hurts': Clarity takes a beating in a dreary, clunky action comedy|first=Richard|last=Roeper|website=Chicago Sun-Times|date=February 6, 2025|access-date=February 7, 2025}}

Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times quipped that "the emphasis is on hurt, not love." He praised the movie's action scenes but felt that the plot and character interactions were dull and barren.{{cite web |last1=Kenigsberg |first1=Ben |title='Love Hurts' Review: A Valentine Full of Action |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/movies/love-hurts-review.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 12, 2025 |date=February 7, 2025}}

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