A Veteran Cast That Does Not Disappoint

Rating: 6/10 (26 March 2011)

When you put together a veteran and talented cast of actors including the likes of Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Richard Dreyfuss and even Ernest Borgnine and then add into the mix some talented younger actors such as Mary Louise Parker and Karl Urban, you know that you're not going to be disappointed - and "Red" does not disappoint. It's not the greatest movie ever made, but it's a fun and action packed movie that sometimes makes you laugh.
Willis plays Frank Moses, a retired CIA agent who suddenly finds himself being hunted down by the agency he used to work for. Lonely, bored and smitten with Sarah (Parker) - who works at the pensions office for former government employees and whom he would call repeatedly just to talk to her - he eventually drags her and several ex-colleagues into the work of figuring out why the government wants him dead, which leads eventually up to the highest echelons of the U.S. Government and a cover up of war crimes committed many years before. This features all of the standard action scenes that you'd expect to find in such a movie, always mixed with a relatively low-key but fun story and good performances from the two primary leads - the ice-cold but amusing Willis and the baffled and very cute Parker.
It's good fun and nothing too serious and represents a great vehicle for the veteran actors named.