"Red" is a dreadful movie

Rating: 3/10 (18 October 2010)

"Red" was a dreadful film, with off-hand references to an attempted assassination of an American vice-president by a Russian member of the merry band of assassins. He expressed his wistful wish that he had always "dreamed of assassinating an American president"! The hotel kitchen scene during the group's attempt to assassinate the vice-president was horribly reminiscent of Robert Kennedy's assassination. Helen Mirren was charming, but she slid by on her looks & elegant accent. Mary Louise Parker brought the right amount of apprehension & delight at exciting,exotic new experiences. The gratuitous violence really was reprehensible. I felt ashamed for having contributed money toward this movie's success. I went to see it because friends chose it, but I should have relied on my own reservations about the film.