A Very Good, Wild Ride

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2011)

A sometimes exciting escapist film about retired CIA agents who are being targeted for a mission they were involved in in 1981 in Guatemala, this film stars Bruce Willis as Frank Moses, seemingly a quiet guy living in suburban Cleveland. He strikes up a phone friendship with Sarah (Mary Louise Parker) and he finds out he is a target. Eventually they go to New Orleans where they see Joe (Morgan Freeman, somewhat underused but still solid) and the slightly deranged Marvin (the always great John Malkovich). Essentially, they are hunting down the people who are trying to kill them. No need to go into any further detail except to mention Helen Mirren's also small but pivotal role, this film is a lot of fun. It has violence of course, but it held my interest throughout. I'm giving it a nine because of its entertainment value. It should have been a bigger hit.