Old man, my ass!

Rating: 8/10 (6 February 2011)

So... Turns out the Americans àre capable of bringing quite solid 'comedy' movies to the big screen (without making them about sex-driven teens or road trips with a story as flat as the tarmac it's set on). These past few years we have been blessed with pictures like "The Hangover", "Knight and Day", "The A-team" (ok, maybe that was an accidental-comedy), the "OMG, it's Sarah Palin!"-line from "Did you hear about the Morgans" and then some more which don't come to mind now...
Red is the kind of movie you don't watch when you're expecting a spy-thriller. (Even though that would have been a fair expectation before they put Bruce Willis on the cast-list, no offence Bruce.) The movie has a story that's not too very deep which, in this context, is kind of a good thing. Within the first 10 minutes we get our first show of excessive violence, without getting too Rambo. I notice an honest smile on my face. Good work. It sets the tone for the whole thing immediately, mocking violence-dripped movies and having deeply funny dialogues at the same time.
When I first browsed the cast I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I can assure you that performances in this movie are certainly nothing to complain about. With an extremely funny John Malkovich and a very convincing Helen Mirren at the top of my rating.
All 'n all this movie brings you over 100 minutes of fun, without becoming a drag halfway through the movie. It actually hàs a plot, kind of... So there ìs a hint of suspense, but only a spoonful.