RED

I watched RED as a double feature with fairly low expectations but it turned out to be quite entertaining.

The rather original plot revolves around a group of retired former spies for whom the government has now very little use and, apparently, even less trust.  What follows will force them to pick their trade’s tools back up and band together in order to survive.

RED was originally a short lived comic strip, which explains its occasional tongue-in-cheek tone and the rather unlikely series of events unfolding on screen, and if one accepts those premises, he won’t be disappointed.

The best thing about RED is, unarguably, its eye-popping, all-star cast: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox, and Richard Dreyfuss all seem to have had one hell of a good time making this movie, and it was nice to see the gorgeous Karl Urban out of his Lord of the Rings costume – let’s hope we’ll see a lot more of him in the future...

Overall, it’s a fun caper for a light night of entertainment.

Grade: 7