Red
2010
***
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Rebecca Pidgeon, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, James Remar
Frank Moses is a retired black ops agent who likes to speak to Sarah, who works at the Pension Office. When someone tries to kill Frank, he must bring her to safety, go underground and put together his old team of fellow pensioners. This geriaction comedy is far more entertaining than The Expendables, which was released almost simultaneously. The plot is utterly ridiculous and predictable, but this self-aware movie is good fun in spite or because of it. Bruce Willis phones in another po-faced performance, but Parker, Freeman, Mirren, Cox, and Malkovich are all charming. Inspired by a comic book by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. Followed by a 2013 sequel.
