RED: Blu Ray Review
RED
Released by Warner Bros
Rating: M
Call it The Grey Team.
Bruce Willis stars as retired former Black Ops CIA
agent Frank Moses, who's spending his retirement days in a big house and phone
flirting with pension worker Sarah (Mary Louise Parker).
One day and without warning, a hit squad breaks into his house and
attempts to assassinate him - after thwarting their attempts on his life, Frank
heads to Kansas to snatch Sarah from potential harm and to try and work out
who's trying to kill him; and perhaps more importantly, why.
As the conspiracy begins to unwind, Moses ends up meeting up with
former colleagues Joe (Freeman), Marvin (a deadpan Malkovich) and Victoria
(Mirren) to try and establish what's going on.
But
time's running out - and ruthless CIA Agent Cooper (a brilliant Karl Urban)
edges ever closer to tracking them down.
What can you say about RED?
Adapted from a DC
Comics series, the film wears its colours on its sleeve within the first 10
minutes as the hit squad goes through countless bullets and destroys Moses'
house in perhaps the most explosive and destructive sequence committed to
celluloid.
Yet, there's some things to really love
about RED - principally, the wonderful performance of Karl Urban, who has grit,
determination, steely cool and effortless screen presence; Mary Louise Parker
who is long overdue a lead; Helen Mirren with a really big gun (finally putting
to bed her image as an English stage dame) and John Malkovich for just
out-performing most on the screen. There's also a very cool scene where Bruce
jumps out of a spiralling cop car with all guns blazing which is true to the
comic book world the film inhabits.
But these are
some highs which are balanced by some lows - the plot sags after a while and you
may struggle to be as emotionally invested in it as perhaps you should be.
However, if you love guns, explosions and a slightly off-the-wall tongue in
cheek kind of action film, you'll be happy.
Extras: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, insights,
Trivia track
Rating: 6/10
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