RED 2010 by AverageMansReviews

RED 2010 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/drugs/breaking/burning/animal feeding/vehicles crashing/electrocution/elements of Russia/suicide/medical

R.E.D [Retired Extremely Dangerous;] so how difficult could it be to terminate them?: Well briefly William Cooper [Karl Urban:] is a Black Ops Agent; which has a history with his mission/target Francis "Frank" Moses [Bruce Willis:] he is a retired Black Ops that worked for the CIA as one of its agents which has been tag Retired Extremely Dangerous and anyone else that is associated with him including a call centre employee Sarah Ross [Mary-Louise Parker:] she deals with his payment cheques, which apparently he doesn't receive.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 111 minutes film is good; within this will also have some art; represented by these postcards of where we are at this moment in time in the film; it does also really help things along when we have more characters; such as Joe Matheson [Morgan Freeman:] he is also retired and now living at Green Springs Rest Home and terminally ill with stage 4 liver cancer, he used to be Moses' mentor and the CIA.

Comedy/Action: when this film finds its groove; the comedy is here and there; but consistent bringer of the comedy is; Marvin Boggs [John Malkovich:] an ex-CIA Agent, he thought he was being put through these experimentations, it actually turns out he was; being given daily doses of LSD for 11 years, so as you can probably guess a little bit crazy including paranoia. For a brief example of both in one; Boggs gets called old by this agent that she is trying to terminate these targets; so eventually as this does not sit well with him, we have this kind of Western quick draw situation on one hand we have this agent where she is reloading a rocket launcher and Boggs has this gun; so on drawing/firing this rocket launcher and then Boggs firing his gun; this sequence where Boggs's bullet hits the tip of the head of this rocket and basically reverses the explosion back onto where it came from, consequently the agent is toast and as the smoke clears Boggs makes reference to being old.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are all good, this is very much a cast performance; of good character types with excellent chemistry.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; as I have already indicated it needs more characters on-screen, I am not saying Willis can't still carry a project at this point in history. But likewise as I have already said this is very much a cast performance and based on that on reflection I have decided to award another mark and yes there is one ending credits thing with a gun in the background to the first lot of ending credits. It also has awards accredited to its name 4 Winners that includes AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2011 Movies for Grownups Award Breakthrough Achievement Helen Mirren [as  Victoria "Vicky" Winslow: a retired MI6 assassin and now operates B&B, which I should just mention she also does a little bit of contract work on the side, as she found it difficult to completely give up her old way of life] and 19 Nominees from the same award ceremony/event Movies for Grownups Award Breakthrough Achievement Best Comedy