The movie The Expendables wishes it was

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2014)

Version I saw: In-flight movie (KLM)
Actors: 7/10
Plot/script: 6/10
Photography/visual style: 6/10
Music/score: 6/10
Overall: 7/10
Released after The Expendables, Red was the movie which did right what the former film tried to do, but couldn't pull off. It has an star-studded cast (Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox...), the old-fashioned action and, crucially, that twinkle in the eye that shows how much fun they are having and invites you along for the ride.
As if that weren't enough, it might get Warren Ellis (on whose graphic novel the film is based) enough industry cred to get a Transmetropolitan movie going. Now that would really be something to see!
For my full review, see my independent film blog on Blogspot, Cinema Inferno: http://cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/red-2010.html