A fun action film that shows Bruce Willis still has what it takes!

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2011)

Bruce Willis was a great action hero twenty years ago but does he still have what it takes? On the strength of 'Red' I'd say he does. This isn't the most cerebral film but if you want to relax and watch a decent action movie you could do a lot worse. Willis plays retired CIA agent Frank Moses who one day discovers that somebody is trying to kill him. He realises that they will go after anybody he is close to so when e goes on the run he takes Sarah with him; she is rather surprised to say the least as she had only ever spoken to him on the phone as she chatted to him when he called about his pension claims! As Frank tries to discover just who is trying to kill them he makes contact with several other retired agents and puts a team together. His search for the truth will lead him into many explosive situations, deep into the CIA and ultimately to one of the most senior people in America.
Willis still has what it takes to lead an action film and Mary-Louise Parker was good as Sarah. The actors playing the other retired agents; Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Brian Cox and most surprisingly Dame Helen Mirran were great and were clearly having a lot of fun playing gun-toting OAPs! The film itself had plenty of excitement even if one or two of the special effects were rather obvious CGI, with its tongue firmly in its cheek this film was a lot more fun than I expected as it isn't too gory and the language isn't too bad can be enjoyed by older children as well as adults... I watched it with my twelve year old nephew and he enjoyed it at least as much as I did.