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Red

Name: Red
Director: Robert Schwentke
Genre: Adventure, Crime/detective, Thriller, Action, Comedy
Released: 2010
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Cast: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban

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Adventure
Crime/detective

2010
Robert Schwentke
106 mins
12A

Summary

Action comedy starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich. Former special agent Frank Moses lives a contented if slightly bored life in retirement. But in his world you never really hang up your gun, so when Frank becomes the target of a mystery assassin, he reassembles his old team in an effort to stop the attempt on his life.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

This tongue-in-cheek espionage affair stars Bruce Willis as a former CIA operative whose status is "RED" (Retired and Extremely Dangerous), meaning his knowledge of previous covert activities makes him a security risk. Having found a potential soulmate in Mary-Louise Parker, his call-centre contact at the pensions department, Willis is looking forward to the next chapter in his life - until that future is interrupted by gun-toting assailants. Time, then, to assemble the old gang. It's here that Robert Schwentke's film plays its strongest card, a stellar cast: Morgan Freeman (stuck in an old folks' home), John Malkovich (a loopy survivalist), Helen Mirren (now doing occasional assassinations for fun) and Brian Cox (still working for Russian intelligence). As they reunite to fend off the two-dimensional baddies, all seems set for a jaunty spy caper. But the movie sadly runs out of inspiration, threading together perfunctory shoot-outs, middling wisecracks and predictable twists. There's the occasional twinkle from distinguished performers obviously not taking it too seriously, but this is by and large a waste of their talents.

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7.0/10

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rolenameFrank MosesBruce WillisJoe MathesonMorgan FreemanMarvin BoggsJohn MalkovichVictoriaHelen MirrenWilliam CooperKarl UrbanSarah RossMary-Louise ParkerAlexander DunningRichard DreyfussVice President StantonJulian McMahonIvanBrian Cox (1)Cynthia WilkesRebecca PidgeonHenryErnest BorgnineGabriel SingerJames Remar