This film is cool. That may as well be the review! But with a cast of Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman you know it’s going to be cool; I don’t need to tell you that!
The story revolves around Frank Moses (Willis), a retired CIA agent who is being pursued by a hit squad, along with his love interest, Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker). The two are chased across America by CIA agent William Cooper (Karl Urban) whilst gaining help from other ex-agents, Joe Matheson (Freeman), Marvin Boggs (Malkovich) and Victoria (Mirren). This leads to some terrific humour, intense action scenes and great interactions between the stars.
Though at times the plot can be somewhat hard to follow as so much is going on, it all adds up to a climax that goes from feeling like a deadly episode of Hustle to firefights that will get your heart racing, assisted by Robert Schwentke’s sublime directing.
As an adaptation of the original comic book it isn’t very good. Don’t take that in the wrong way: the comic was somewhat bland up until the last issue. If Red were an accurate adaptation of the comic then we would have a very serious story with no truly likeable characters. Though the film lacks the message of the comic – by which I mean it misses it entirely – it’s still a fantastic ride.
Red is a must-see action-comedy that will keep your interest through the entire film. The cast’s performance shows that these elderly actors should never retire!
Final Verdict: 8/10
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