'RED' (UK Release: 22 Oct '10)
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
A retired CIA operative, hunted by his own people, reunites his old team for one last mission. It's certainly not an original story, mashing together ideas that we've seen before in the Bourne series, 'The Expendables' and 'The Losers'. 'RED' (which stands for 'Retired, Extremely Dangerous') is the 4th film this year to be adapted from a graphic novel. It is also the 4th to feature men going on a mission, and the 5th with a plot involving the CIA. I couldn't help but feel sceptical.
Then I noticed the cast list and realised that this is meant to be a comedy. At this point I saw the project in a different light. 'RED' is a film in which John McClane, God, Cyrus the Virus and The Queen join forces and kill people for laughs. Clearly, this was going to be a film where story and sense came second to cast and chemistry.
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