RED

Directed By: Robert Schwentke
Written By: Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren & Morgan Freeman
Rated: PG-13

MY RATING: C

Retired and mostly dangerous.

This film opens with Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) living a retired extremely boring life.  He's in the suburbs of Ohio with no wife, girlfriend, pets or friends.  His only excitement comes from calling the customer service agent Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker) who works at his pension office in Kansas City.  They obviously like each other and Frank even tells Sarah that he plans to visit her in a week.  But Frank is caught off guard one night when assassins are sent to his house to kill him.  Now instead of the romantic first meeting he had hoped for, Frank is forced to kidnap Sarah for her safety and they go on the run in the hopes of finding out who's trying to kill them.  Along the way Frank rounds up his old friends who are also marked RED and together they look for the person responsible for the hit on Frank (Willis).  But of course it can't be that simple.  CIA agent William Cooper (Karl Urban) is after Frank Moses too so the hunts are on.

This movie was pretty fun to watch, nothing extraordinary though.  John Malkovich steals the show (as always) as Marvin, a paranoid conspiracy theorist and he is hilarious.  I wouldn't necessarily consider him dangerous though.  Bruce Willis as Frank Moses however is a bad ass and I'd say the only "Extremely Dangerous" one of the group.  Karl Urban ("William Cooper") is definitely a match for him as he relentlessly stays hot on his trail.  There's even a great fight scene when Cooper (Urban) and Moses (Willis) finally collide.  I also love that Helen Mirren shows that women can kick butt too!   
There's lots of action and plenty of comedy but I wasn't in love with the storyline.  It was pretty simple to follow but just a little boring.  There comes a point where the plot is fully revealed and they start working towards a resolution and I was ready to speed things up a little.  I guess I was just a little disappointed.  You have all these big name actors but it was really a Bruce Willis and John Malkovich movie.  Morgan Freeman barely had a part so I'm not even sure why they added him.  With all that said I was still pretty entertained for most of the film.  I wouldn't say I'd rush to watch it again but it was worth watching once.  Bottom-line if you're into action movies then this is worth putting on your list but not necessarily at the top. 

I'd say see it but there's no rush.