So last night I watched a bootleg version of RED (Retired Extremely Dangerous), it was awesome, not the bootleg, but the movie. The story, the cast, the action was off-the-chain! The story is about a former CIA (black-ops) agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), who is seemingly living the retired life somewhere in BFE America. He is having a telephonic relationship with a girl who works customer service at the place that sends his retirement checks. He keeps calling her saying his retirement checks are not arriving, but he is tearing them up so he has a reason to talk to her. One night an assault team sneaks into his house to kill him and that’s when all hell breaks loose…The cast in this epic action comedy is not one you would expect with the exception of Bruce Willis, yes, he is an action movie icon and legit action hero. Die Hard 1-4.0 and The 5th Element just to name a few. Oscar winner, Morgan Freeman, WTF! Yes he pulls it off, love the man, but never expected him to be a bad-ass. For those who want to add Alex Cross, he is more cool then bad-ass. There is a scene when we first meet Morgan’s character he is living in a retirement home and he is trying to get his TV to work. The sexy nurse comes over to help and he gets her to bend over in-front of him while he sits back and enjoys the view. Man, she had a nice juice… Then there is the insane John Malkovich who is one of the wildest dudes you will ever see on the big screen. Multiple Academy Award nominee, he has the funniest character in the entire movie, love this guy! Then there is The Queen, Helen Mirren, Academy Award Winner BTW. Her character is a sweet grandma/Martha Stewart-looking-hardcore killer assassin. She is a bad-ass-chick, and she looks sexy at 65 years old.
As I write this, Red is #2 on Yahoo Movies box office behind Jackass 3D(why). I am sure this will take off t is an epic adventure and the 18-35 year old males will love this kick-ass flick! Also this was adapted from a DC comic graphic novel, so I am sure it has a following. I personally never heard of it before but I am not a graphic novel kinda guy. The critics gave the movie a B- average and the viewers gave it an A-. Is it me or does it seem movie critics don’t like movies. I want to mention Karl Urban (William Cooper) who played the CIA agent after Bruce Willis, he was excellent. He always looks familiar but I can never remember what movies he was in (LOTR, Star Trek, Pathfinder, Pitch Black2). He was smooth and got his ass-kicked by old ass Bruce Willis. There is a line while these two are fighting, Bruce has Karl in an arm bar and asks “Did Kordeski train you?” Karl: “Yea?” Bruce: “I trained Kordeski!” as he finishes his ass-whooping!
Red was directed by Robert Schwentke, (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Lie to Me [TV], Flightplan), written by Jon & Erich Hoeber (screenplay) and the graphic novel was written by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. Bottom line, if you want to have a kick-ass time, go see Red…Loved it!
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