Love Hurts — an action vehicle about a hitman drawn back in for one last job — doesn’t deserve the space it would take up in your brain. Which is a sad statement, given the role it could play in Ke Huy Quan's comeback.

"Love" Hurts fully earns its R rating. The violence is excessive and often cartoonish, but it's still packed with blood, broken bones, and brutal fight sequences. The language is equally heavy, with expletives flying almost as frequently as bullets.

Winning an Academy Award may be the peak of an actor's career, not only because they are honored by an iconic gold statue in front of their gussied-up peers and a worldwide TV audience, but because the Oscar curse might come for them soon after.