Red, is a supposedly action-packed, kick-ass movie derived from a graphic novel by the same name. Red is a basically about four top CIA agents - Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) - who have all retired and are now hunted by the CIA itself as well as the secret services. To put it simply, the movie promises a whole 115 minutes of non-stop action.
The movie itself did have its ups and downs. It started off pretty linear with Frank hitting on a social worker, while the story explains that he is living all alone -retired and all-. This is followed by a couple of spies breaking into Frank's house and literally shot it to the ground. And the rest of the movie is pretty much predictable from start to finish. The first hour felt really really draggy. The movie wasted too many minutes introducing each character in a slow and somewhat painful manner. The story lacked any real character to it, it was neither here nor there (not an entirely action-packed movie nor an entirely comedy-drama type movie).
Fortunately though, the movie gained pace with the introduction of Malkovich. He added the quirky humour and a tad bit of bad-assery, particularly the part where he shot at the Bazooka. Most of the laughs from the movie were from him. So I figured he was the clown of the group, quite obviously. Morgan Freeman did pretty well with his short (it seemed short to me) time on screen and Mirren was awesome - given her age, she still does significantly better than other younger actresses -. Subsequently, the movie got only slightly better and ended off 'OKAY'.
Well, it did'nt turn out to be the bad-ass movie I anticipated it to be, especially with the trailer and the "Retired, Extremely Dangerous" tag. But it had a couple of pretty nice moments, mostly involving guns and grenades. Story-wise, could have been worse, and definitely could have been much better. A little more feeling would have been nice. But I guess at the end of the day, it's still a very watchable movie in my view.
Rating: 6/10
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