Director
Robert
Schwentke"s
Holywood
movie
Red
is
an
adaptation
of
Warren
Ellis
and
Cully
Hamner"s
graphic
novel
with
same
name
'Red',
which
means
'Retired
Extremely
Dangerous'.
The
most
senior
and
respected
thespians
like
Bruce
Willis,
Morgan
Freeman,
Helen
Mirren
and
John
Malkovich
have
joined
hands
with
the
director
for
the
film.
But
there
is
nothing
big
to
boast
about
the
story
of
the
film,
which
could
have
been
bettered.
The
movie
Red
is
an
action-cum-comedy
movie
with
a
touch
of
romance.
The
spy-caper
film
is
all
about
a
retired
CIA
agent
and
his
lady
love
taking
to
the
road
after
being
targeted
for
death
by
a
high-level
government
and
business
cabal.
The
film
has
everything
that
an
action
flick
needs
and
the
director
has
good
grip
over
the
narration
too.
But
the
lack
of
newness
in
the
screenplay
makes
it
not
so
interesting.
Moreover,
the
movie
lacks
twists
and
it
has
quite
predictable
storyline.
As
the
movie
starts,
retired
black-ops
agent
Frank
Moses
(Bruce
Willis)
appears
talking
to
Sarah
(Mary-Louise
Parker)
of
human
resources
department
over
phone
about
his
pension
check.
The
bored
man
flirts
with
her
for
a
while.
Immediately
after
his
conversation,
he
is
attacked
by
a
team
of
masked
assassins,
but
he
kills
them
all
and
escapes
from
his
house.
Fearing
for
Sarah's
life,
he
kidnaps
her.
How
he
takes
the
help
of
his
former
teammates
Joe
Matheson
(Morgan
Freeman),
Marvin
Boggs
(John
Malkovich)
and
Victoria
(Dame
Helen
Mirren)
to
curb
the
baddies
will
form
the
interesting
action
part
of
the
film.
Bruce
Willis
is
the
showman
and
he
rocks
in
the
action
scenes.
But
Willis'
moves
in
this
film
have
been
seen
a
hundred
times
before.
As
his
lady
love
Sarah,
Mary-Louise
Parker
remains
a
dumb
audience
in
many
scenes.
She
has
nothing
much
to
act.
She
looks
attractive.
As
associates
of
Willis,
Morgan
Freeman,
John
Malkovich
and
Helen
Mirren
have
done
a
wonderful
performance.
Karl
Urban,
Ernest
Borgnine,
Julian
McMahon,
Richard
Dreyfuss,
Brian
Cox
and
James
Remar
have
also
done
justice
to
their
respective
roles.
The
movie
has
been
shot
in
Toronto
metropolitan
areas
like
Kansas
and
other
cities
and
French
quarter
of
New
Orleans.
Florian
Ballhaus'
camera
work
is
wonderful.
The
dialogues,
which
have
got
some
comic
touch,
are
good.
Christophe
Beck's
music
is
average.
Thom
Noble's
editing
work
is
the
stand-out.
Overall,
Red
is
mindless
action
film.
If
you
have
passion
for
old
guys
like
Bruce
Willis,
Morgan
Freeman
and
Dame
Helen
Mirren,
then
don't
miss
to
watch
them
in
action
scenes.
Producer:
Lorenzo
di
Bonaventura
and
Mark
Vahradian
Director:
Robert
Schwentke
Cast:
Bruce
Willis,
Helen
Mirren,
Mary
Louise
Parker,
John
Malkovich,
Morgan
Freeman,
Karl
Urban,
Ernest
Borgnine,
Julian
McMahon,
Richard
Dreyfuss,
Brian
Cox
and
James
Remar.
Music:
Christophe
Beck