May 9, 2011 Red
The script for this film landed in an email quite some time back thru Summit Ent. A Bruce Willis film in its pre-production stage. Good actors and a light plot.
Little did I know it would turn out to be one of the most enjoyable films I have seen in recent times.
RED as per the film, stands for “Retired and Extremely Dangerous”. Simply put, it is a secret list of retired ex-CIA squad members who are now leading their ebbing lives across the country. Morgan Freeman, a cancer patient in his last few years in an old-age home, Bruce Willis, a pensioner, who’s only glee moments are when he tears up his pension cheques only to talk a few minutes to the govt. clerk he fancies.
When one fine day, Bruce realises that he is being chased for extinction, he stumbles upon a plot which involves huge government coups, a fiction-book romance, secret-agent type lives, and a huge list of his old buddies who might face a similar fate if nothing is done about it.
What follows is a thrill ride and a total “paisa vasool”. Bruce as a retired ex-CIA agent is very convincing post his long “Die Hard Macho Man” stint. The romance factor is very believable. The cast very talented, experienced & cool.
With a stellar cast like Helen Hunt, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and John Malkovich, you really can’t go wrong!
Like someone on IMDb quipped, “This is the movie that THE EXPENDABLES aspired to be”.
A must watch on a lazy day.
Rating: 7/10
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