Space Cowboys meets CIA

Rating: 7/10 (11 May 2011)

RED (Retired, Extremely Dangerous) has an all star cast of, um, veteran actors who are cast as super spies who have been put out to pasture reunite to save the US from super villains. It is a way, way over the top outrageous parody of spy thrillers and cold war movies.
Bruce Willis survives an assassination attempt against him, kidnaps Mary-Louise Parker and is off to save the world! It's ridiculous, funny, one liners going back and forth, predictable, campy and a lot of fun to see some of these older actors get together. Bruce is Bruce, if you've seen him in any of the Die Hard movies, you'll know the character. John Malkovich, Richard Dryfuss, Morgan Freeman are all funny. Part of the fun is just seeing who's in the movie. I did not know Ernest Borgnine was still alive, but there he is! Mindless fun, something to laugh at as much as with.