RED

RED (Retired, Extremely Dangerous)

Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Bruce Willis as Frank Moses
Mary-Louise Parker as Sarah Ross
John Malkovich as Marvin Boggs
Helen Mirren as Victoria
Morgan Freeman as Joe Matheson
Karl Urban as William Cooper

Rated: PG-13

*The following may contain spoilers*

Overview
John McClain, er, uhh, I mean, Frank Moses is a bored, retired CIA black-ops operative who spends his days talking to a girl he's never met that works at the pension office. She seems to be his only contact with outside world. Needless to say, he misses his old job.
So when a strike team of US soldiers come knocking on his door with a gun full of bullets, he's prepared for action. He successfully "McGyver's" their sorry behinds and sets off to figure out why the CIA wants him dead, gathering a rag-tag team of retired operatives (and that chick from the pension office) as he marches to the F.B.I.'s front door.


Positive Attributes
THIS MOVIE HAS BRUCE WILLIS AND MORGAN FREEMAN. It really shouldn't NEED anymore positive elements. In fact, that should just be the end of my review right there. But I'll keep going anyway.
Frank cares for Sarah very much, but is in no way creepy about it. Which is hard to do when you're a guy that looks like he's fifty, liking a girl who (with the miracle of technology) looks like she's 25. But, hey, it's Bruce Willis, so who cares, really?
The movie has Bruce Willis AND Morgan Freeman.
The fight scenes are pretty much some of the greatest I've ever seen.
Perhaps the coolest thing about this movie is it's attention to detail. It's based on a graphic novel (read: grown-up's comic book) and the director does a good job staying true to it's original form; the guns are a little too big, the fight scenes are a little too awesome and the camera angles are done so that it really feels like you're watching a moving comic book.
The movie also stays true to the comics original awesomeness because IT HAS BRUCE WILLS AND MORGAN FREEMAN.

Proof that Hollywood cares.

Negative Attributes
This movie has Mary-Louise Parker as the love interest. I don't dislike her, per say, she's just not Bruce Willis' level of awesomeness.
One use of the f-word and several uses of s***.
The gun battles and fight sequences can get a little rough, while still being totally awesome. i.e., several people get thrown into and through walls.

Summary
RED is not an award winning movie. It does not speak about the trials of war or the hardships of the falling economy. Instead, it's a kick-butt movie where Bruce Willis can jump out of a spinning police car and walk towards the bad guys sedan and blow it up with a single pistol clip.
RED is a movie that pumps you up and makes you feel like an American. It stays true to the comic and has just the right mixture of action and humor to make it worth a watch.

And, come on, who doesn't love this stuff?

Personal Rating: 8 of 10

Plot: 6.5 of 10
Action/Violence: 7 of 10
Drugs/Alcohol: 1 of 10