Well, Father's Day is upon us a day where all the fathers out there can tell their nagging but loving wives to say, "hey this is my weekend and I say we're doing nothing", or not which is fine. And it's time to recommend a movie for all of the Dad's in the world, and this was another one of these movies that my Aunt's husband loved or mentioned that he liked and I've heard of Red in fact I watched it and thought it was great although it's been a while since I've seen the movie nor have a so called good memory on how great it was, and like most films I do in terms of review I had to in a strange sense experiment. So, I had my Dad sit down and watch the film and without a doubt he loved the film from start to finish, for which I should of known he would have a great time with Red in fact he always loved these action films, hell he was the same Dad that got me into any John Wayne films, Star Wars and Indiana Jones in fact he loved Harrison Ford. And the same goes with acting greats like Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, so question after watching the movie this would be an excellent choice for Father's Day.
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe (Morgan Freeman), crazy Marvin (John Malkovich) and wily Victoria (Helen Mirren) to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission-breaking into CIA headquarters.
I can't honestly remember when the last time I watched this entertaining movie, though probably a year after its release and granted it's been ages and that's clearly a guess because then they released a sequel in 2013 and that was basically it for the RED franchise. So, now having re-watched the film this was of course another one of those hidden gems that was both great and entertaining at the same time, and that's a lot to say because let's be honest in this era where everything is nothing but crap, Red was defiantly one of those films that was refreshing to watch every step of the way. What really makes this film great to watch is that it goes from point A to point B really quickly were you get to know Bruce Willis character and realize what he's capable of furthermore has to rescue Mary Louise Parker's character, also the action has a good flow through the course of the movie where it doesn't slow down or speed up, it's basically at even pace par with both comedy, drama and action molded into one. What makes the film great is that the film itself gives it a sort of understanding in terms of what it's like to be a Black Ops Agent on the job and after your life as an agent is over, and they really do a good job in a sense expressing how a retired agent tries to adapt to a civilian life and that it's somewhat of a boring persona, in fact I watched the movie again with a retired CIA agent's commentary who was also a consultant on the film Red, and even he loves the film all together because it does answer all the important questions of how most field or operatives transition in to civilian life moreover explains that it's somewhat boring not fun, basically telling the audience that it's not always great when you get out of the business. A side from the great list of actors that portray these characters, the other thing I have to give the best performances are Mary Louise Parker and Karl Urban, because both of them have the best character arc in the film where one of them is an up and coming agent who believes in the system but slowly begins to see that the agency system is not what it's supposed to be and it's moreover corrupt furthermore filled with shady people who have agenda's and Urban does that in the best way possible. Parker on the other hand does a great job playing this strange but yet funny woman who has no clue of this world Bruce Willis character lives in but is comfortable wanting to follow him moreover just funny and sexy at the same time which is what I like about her in this movie, and this film came out in 2010 so technically both Willis and Parker we're like ten years apart from each other in terms of age. Of course actors like Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman along with John Malkovich and Hellen Mirren are great in the movie but the one actor that needs to be deserved some praise is Richard Dreyfuss who plays an excellent antagonist in the movie just a great villain than what I've seen in his past work and the same goes to Brian Cox who is such a great character actor and does a fantastic job portraying a for Russian spy but also a great accent to go along with it for which proves that British/Scottish actors are such a true craftsmen in their art. Without a doubt, re-watching this film was like a breath of fresh air moreover was just so much fun seeing it from start to finish and whenever I hear Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith, I always think of Bruce Willis fighting Karl Urban, which is flat out awesome, also it's just a fun action film from start to finish and shows that Bruce Willis still got it. So, no question I would highly recommend watching this film with your dad because you will have a great time watching Bruce Willis kick a** and take names, though I don't think he can do that now, but I never claim to be wrong.
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