Thoroughly enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (29 March 2011)

This film was thoroughly enjoyable. The mega-star cast didn't hurt anything. Bruce Willis was as Bruce Willis does. He completely nails his character's initial ennui, and then takes off with the plot. Helen Mirren is always great, and it was such fun to see her gleefully shooting machine guns. John Malkovich plays semi-crazy better than anyone out there, and does so with zest here. Mary-Louise Parker was also fun in her fantasy-come-true adventure role. Honorable mention to Morgan Freeman and Ernest Borgnine (at 93!). To enjoy this sort of film you have to get past a few plot holes, such as government agents firing thousands of rounds in public with no obvious curiosity by the media. (CIA or not, you can't do that!) You won't be wasting the 111 minutes if you want some light entertainment.