A quality action flick

Rating: 7/10 (21 February 2011)

A terrific movie with great action and terrific premise and exceptional performances. Bruce Willis plays a retired CIA agent who is marked for elimination by some blackops while he is trying to romance the Mary Louise Parker character who is looking for mr right. The action unfolds taking the unlikely duo across America and meeting up with his old partners in the business to solve who is after them. John Malkovich shines in his role as Marvin and he chews up scenery with panache. Helen Mirren, Richard Dreyfus, Brian Cox and Morgan Freeman are also terrific in their roles. Nice also to see Ernest Borgnine in the role of a CIA records keeper. The action is fast and furious and loud and you get a lot of bang in this tight and taut action spectacle.