Frank is red. No, not the color. In this case, red stands for Retired, extremely dangerous. A former CIA operative, Frank is now living the quiet life, the most exciting part of his day being a call to pensioner's services (He has a crush on one of the agents there). However, this peace and quiet is soon destroyed, when a group of heavily armed men invade Frank's house in the middle of the night. Their intention? To kill Frank, but he has other ideas. Together, with his old CIA cronies, Frank and Co try to figure out why he is being targeted, and who is behind the attack.
"Old man, my ass!"
Red is a very exciting movie. It starts off slow, but don't let it fool you. It gets very fast, very quickly. I haven't had this much fun at the cinema in a long time. I was laughing every five minutes, and I mean laughing, loudly, as was my sister. This film is funny! I wasn't expecting that. It also looks great (As does Mr. Willis...). I really enjoyed myself. I had a fabulous time.
The action scenes in Red are very cool to watch. It's easy to see that a lot of care and attention went in to them, and that really paid off. The gun work in this movie is also fantastic. All of the actors looked so badass, especially Helen Mirren. She's had some pretty great roles lately. Not that I care to much about it, but another thing I noticed about this movie was the costume design. All of the actors looked great. Whoever was incharge of wardrobe did an excellent job.
"I remember the Secret Service being tougher."
The entire cast of Red is amazing. Willis, Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox, Mary-Louise Parker and Karl Urban were all brilliant in their respective roles, but the standout was definitely John Malkovich, who plays Marvin. He was absolutely hilarious in an insane sort of way, and alone made the film worth watching.
This movie was a real ride, and I want another go. 8/10
Trivia: John C. Reilly was originally cast in the role of Marvin, but dropped out, and was replaced by John Malkovich, aka the best part of the film. Good decision!!
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