Almost as entertaining as it is absurd

Rating: 7/10 (5 August 2013)

This is a very cute little movie, fast-paced and amusing, with a lot of over the top action and good performances. It is also a movie that treats logic not just as something unnecessary, but as something to be actively avoided at all cost.
Red has every type of unreality. The movie is filled with places where you'll think, no law enforcement agency would follow those procedures, or no place has such incompetent security. I can't start listing these moments, because then I would just never, ever stop.
There is also ridiculous action there's a wonderful - but completely nonsensical - moment when Willis steps out of the car and starts shooting as the bumper glides an inch past his leg), but I've come to accept ridiculous action in action movies. But the nonsense extends to almost every moment of the film. If you had a drinking game where the rule was you take a drink every time you, "ah, that makes perfect sense," you would end the movie cold sober. It's one of the most remarkably sense-free movies I've ever seen.
But it's fun to watch. Just turn off your brain.