Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is one of the CIA’s most valuable operatives in the field, successfully executing countless missions with speed, finesse, and discreetness. Well, he used to be. Frank Moses is now retired, and retired life after the CIA is boring. His only escape is calling his social security benefits advisor Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker). Except one day a CIA sanctioned hit squad tries to take out Frank at his house. Now he’s on the run with Sarah tracking down his old teammates and trying to figure out why the CIA is after him.
“Red” is the definition of a “B” movie. It is not going to win any Oscars. There will be no best actor, best actress, or even best editing nominations. There will be countless numbers of people who will recommend this movie though, because it is perfect in its entertainment value. If every film was like this (besides the Oscar contenders) Americans as a whole would be happier.
The actors here are the real weight behind this film. Morgan Freeman is obviously amazing as usual, and Bruce Willis has always been good at playing the tough guy. Seeing Helen Mirren as a gun-toting ex-hit woman was an absolute riot. John Malkovich has always been good at playing the psycho character and “Red” is no exception. Constantly paranoid about circling helicopters, he lives in an underground bunker disguised as a car. His character was given LSD daily for 17 years and may be the funniest man in the film making quips like, “I remember the secret service being tougher!” Mary-Louise Parker, the star of “Weeds,” really stands out among all of these big name actors. As Sarah Ross she is genuinely funny and has some great interactions with Bruce Willis.
Needless to say, this is a fantastic popcorn flick with some well done action and fantastic acting. This is entertainment in its purest form, enjoy it while it lasts.
3 out of 4 stars
-Christopher O'Connell
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