WILLIS IS BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2019)

Bruce Willis is back doing what he does best: action-comedy. The movie opens with Willis getting up as the clock turns to 6:00 AM with no alarm. This quick opening scene shows us his orderly life. He rips up his retirement checks just so he can talk to a woman in Kansas City on the phone, whom he has not met, but has a fascination. Played by Marie-Louise Parker she also writes bad spy romances which Willis reads. As Willis gets up too early, his sixth sense is working, a group of men attempt to kill him. He heads to KC and kidnaps his would-be gf. As it turns out the CIA is trying to kill him for something that happened in Guatemala in 1981. The bulk of the movie is to figure out why and to stop it before they get killed.
The dialouge has a dry wit to it. For example when Willis takes a bullet:
Parker: "This is bad."
Willis: "People get shot all the time."
Parker: "No they don't. They normally get paper cuts."
Malkovich: "I normally get shot."
The film moves at a good pace and really gets fun when Malkovich shows up. John was a former CIA operative who was given LSD everyday for 11 years. He is quirky and paranoid.
Ernest Borgnine: Plays a CIA records keeper.
Karl Urban: CIA agent hunting Willis.
Morgan Freeman: Former CIA agent, part of Willis' group.
Helen Mirren: Also a former "wet" agent. Retired and complex. She enjoys baking, arranging flowers, and killing.
Richard Dreyfuss shows up near the end as a bad guy arms dealer.
As in most modern action films, impossible things happen. But then that is what makes them fun to watch and we all expect it from a Willis film