Monday, 25 March 2013

Retired and funny


RED (2010)

Directed by Robert Schwentke this film based on the comic of the same name stars Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovic and Helen Mirren. A retired CIA black ops agent finds himself a hunted man by his own agency.

Clearly the best thing about this film is the cast which has some great strength in depth with support from the likes of Brian Cox, Ernest Borgnine and Karl Urban. The plot is fairly funny and light but never really manages to capitalise on all the potential this film has. There are a number of departures from the original comic which change the tone of the story which is also a bit of a shame but there are worse ways to spend 2 hours than watching this film.

3/5

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