RED… stands for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. LOVED this movie!

The movie stars some amazing actors: Bruce Willis, still YUMMY, Morgan Freeman, I will always think of him from the Electric Company no matter what, John Malkovich, crazy as ever and Helen Mirren, one tough cookie! They play retired CIA agents who are targeted for elimination. [full synopsis & cast:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/%5D

Bruce Willis is the first to be targeted and while his character is definitely a bad ass, as he has been known to play, once or twice, he was a nice guy who was retired, interested in a girl, Mary-Louise Parker, and is hoping for a normal life, while at the same time, kicking a little you know what.  Morgan Freeman is amiable, living in a retirement home, but still has connections, John Malkovich is just bizarre, the usual “afraid of what the government is putting in his head” kind of nutter, but handy with a handgun. Helen Mirren rounds out the group as an expert marks-woman, I have amazing respect for her and her abilities! Of course, it’s hard not to remember her in Calendar Girls ‘I think we’re going to need considerably bigger buns”.

They have each been retired and Frank Moses, Bruce Willis, brings them out of retirement to find out who wants to kill them. The cast is rounded out with Brian Cox, who you might remember as Col Stryker from X-Men, Richard Dryfus and Ernest Borgnine! I have to admit, when I saw his name in the opening credits, I didn’t know he was still alive! He was charming.

This movie is terrific! There is action, adventure, romance, first love, gunfire, explosives, explosions, fist fights, double crossing, espionage, breaking into the CIA, the usual. The dialog was great, very clever, the movie was fast paced, kept moving, and was engaging until the very end and the end was just plain funny, well, a lot of the movie was just plain funny.

It was almost as if they pulled all the action stars from an old age home, without them being old! It was so worth the wait and the money, go see this movie, it’s one that’s worth buying and watching over and over again!

5 RED stars I give it!