Red (Movie-Only Edition) [Blu-ray]

Just a great, fun movie! The casting was perfect. There's enough action / stuff blowing up to keep your teenaged Son interested, and the interplay of characters will keep you daughter and wife entertained and laughing as well. If you've never seen Helen Mirren or John Malcovich in a comedy, you're missing out. Get the family together, put the cell phones on the charger with the privacy switch on, grab some popcorn and enjoy the time you've been missing together when everyone is usually going their own direction after dinner. You'll all be glad you did.

I love action flicks. What's even better about "Red" as an action flick is its cast. And this is not just any cast, but one filled only with retirement age actors (well, maybe Bruce Willis isn't quite there, but he acts as if he is). OK, maybe Mary Louise Parker isn't quite there either, but she's also excellent as Willis's love interest. So, what's to like about an action flick starring old actors? (When one is the same age as the actors, one is allowed to call them old.) 1. Humor in an action flick? Yeah, it's been done for years--Clint Eastwood and Schwarzenegger with their punchy one-liners. This time Morgan Freeman gets the line: "We're getting the band back together." It was funny in the television promos--it's even funnier in context. Ms Parker expresses her extreme displeasure with the Willis characther--with her mouth duct-taped! While the viewer may not know the exact words behind her anger, her meaning is quite clear. It's an excellent delivery complete with facial expressions and perfect comedic timing. 2. Romance. Willis and Parker? Yes, and the actors make it work even though he is retired R-E-D (retired, extremely dangerous) and she is a seemingly mild-mannered, cubicle-retirement clerk. However, in their conversations together he learns the way to divine her heart. He reads all the romance novels she reads. She also has a true hankering to travel to exotic places. When she tells him she wants to go to Chile, he says he's been there. The thing with his travels is the reason and the time, often by cover of night and to relieve someone of his ugly, hateful life. He's been to Chile, but hasn't experienced Chile. 3. Larger than life characters. Freeman has participated in Vietnam and Afghanistan and now is 80 years old (is Freeman really that old?) and living in a nice retirement home with his dose of excitement gained from eyeballing a beautiful, young aid's gluts. He also has stage four liver cancer. Helen Mirren as the lovely, refined mistress of a country estate, filling her hours with baking and flower arranging--and the occasional hit. As she tells Ms Parker: "I kill people." Karl Urban plays the adversary--a deep CIA special ops hit man. His job is to eliminate Willis's character. The reasons are eventually revealed and they are a doozy. John Malkovich plays an over-the-top paranoid, well, an Oliver Stone type. But Malkovich is hilarious, especially showing his pleasure at Willis's storage facility filled with weapons and munitions of extreme measures. 3. An expose of the great and secret powers of the CIA. Ernest Borgnine's character and his job and its location and purpose are prime examples. But there's more. 4. Weapons galore! Fun with weapons! An example: one soldier shoots a grenade at Malkovich who uses his weapon to bat it back to the soldier who then is blown up. A fierce, red-headed, female agent calls Malkovich Grandpa. He must show her what "grandpas" can do. She shoots a small missile at him--he shoots a bullet from a handgun directly into the center of that missile, causing blow back of the explosion and getting rid of that potty mouth agent (older people don't like being reminded of their age!) 5. A serious message amid all the shenanigans: the abuse of power in whatever place for whatever reason. Richard Dreyfus plays--with great flair--a powerful villain and how his power has distorted whatever tenuous connection he may have with the human race. 6. Quirkiness (but I suppose part of the humor)--Mirren wears a lovely, long white evening gown to a presidential party bid. Later Malkovich gives her a pair of combat boots to wear for their role in taking down the powerfully corrupt. Just a little quirky! Malkovich's house is inside a car. Let me rephrase. One enters his dwelling through the trunk. That's all I'll say. 7. I could put Brian Cox in any category. As a retired Soviet spy who hasn't killed anyone in years, he is almost a scene stealer. What a fun, fun movie (despite the various forms of violence). There's only one kiss, no, make that two (Freeman gets one) and just a few I love you's, giving this action flick a touch of heart.

Okay movie,

This movie was not exactly what I was expecting. Sure I figured action adventure which it certainly is but it has a lot of humor in it. Though not Oscar material it is a great way to spend a couple of hours. Where it is and it isn't exactly what you thought it would be it certainly doesn't hurt the movie at all. The big surprise is that the cell is all older actors and an actress not what one usually sees in youth driven Hollywood. That being said I found it to be a nice change of pace. (Just so you know, I am 46).The acting was very good with out being over done. The action was crisp...though I am sure some of you would think that it was violent, very violent. However, it is what you would expect in a movie like this. The humor works well and is in the places where you would expect it. Again it is not over done and you never get the feeling that they are playing for laughs. It is exactly how real life would unfold. You find yourself laughing because what is happening is actually funny and in a way you can relate to it. This movie does have a story and the story does make perfect sense, you just have to let it unfold and you are rewarded. Also this movie has an excellent cast,so much better than most movies and they all do a terrific job, so much so you are sorry when the movie ends. For me Karl Urban was the draw and I was not disappointed with his performance. He actually made feel that he enjoyed every thing about giving this performance in this movie, which of course made me enjoy this movie even more. All and all this movie gets a solid 10 out of 10 from me. It has action, adventure, humor, violence, and a love story well make that two love stories, how can you go wrong.

This movie caught our eye when it was in the theater. The list of actors is very impressive. These are actors who can each make a movie, and there are a lot of them. The idea of the movie, retired people coming back to work their jobs, is alluring to the baby boomers who are retiring in droves. And lots of guns and action is what movies are so very good at. Somehow, we never did end up seeing the movie in the theater, in part due to some lukewarm reviews. Well, those reviews were wrong. The movie starts with Bruce Willis talking on the phone about his Social Security check to a young woman at SS. All of a sudden he is facing assassins. And it goes on from there. He recruits his old co-workers to help him. In the process of dealing with high tech bad guys trying to kill him, a great time is had by all. There's lots of shooting the bad guys, but somehow, we don't think about that. This is not a transcendental film, just a great good time. There is lots of comedy and action. Get this DVD, play it on the biggest screen you have, and bring on the popcorn.

Hilarious movie, Bruce Willis knocks it out of the park again with his sardonic stoicism- accompanied by a cast of Titan actors, RED is the movie to bring home

Buen producto, llego a tiempo, el empaque no estaba maltratado, gran película, por la trama, el elenco que tiene, muy graciosa, recomendado ampliamente

Erstmal vorneweg, ich kenne die Hauptdarsteller nur, wie sie in dem Film vermeintlich dargestellt werden: nämlich alt. Ich kenne John Malkovich nur mit Halbglatze und Morgan Freeman nur mit grauen Stoppeln im Gesicht. Umso besser wirkt der Film auf mich. Wer braucht schon James Bond, Frank Martin oder Rambo? Diese vier Ex-Agenten haben alles gesehen, alles erlebt und lassen sich dementsprechend nicht von irgendeinem Möchtegern-CIA-Karrieristen ans Bein pinkeln. Dabei haben sie immer einen lockeren Spruch auf Lager. Zur Handlung: Frank Moses langweilt sich fürchterlich im Ruhestand. Jeder Tag ist gleich, keine Action wie er es als CIA-Agent gewöhnt war, keine menschlichen Kontakte oder ähnliches. Deswegen ruft er jeden Tag bei seiner Rentenkasse an und unterhält sich mit seiner Sachbearbeiterin unter dem Vorwand, sein Scheck sei nicht angekommen. Die beiden kommen sich näher, was ein Problem darstellt, als Frank eines Nachts in seinem Haus von einem Killerteam überfallen wird, das den Auftrag hat ihn umzubringen. Also schnappt er sich Sarah, seine Ansprechsperson bei der Pensionskasse und flieht mit ihr Richtung Süden - erstmal gegen ihren Willen. Er sucht Hilfe bei seinem Exkollegen Joe, der in einem Altersheim lebt und der bald an Leberkrebs sterben wird. Als er vermeintlich durch einen Auftragsmörder getötet, wendet sich Frank an Marvin, der im Laufe der Zeit eine Paranoia entwickelt hat, weil er als Versuchskaninchen über Jahre täglich LSD bekommen hat. Frank und Sarah brechen mit seiner Hilfe ins CIA-Hauptquartier ein um zu erfahren, warum sie getötet werden sollen. Bei der Aktion taucht auch Joe wieder auf. Hinterher flüchten sie zu Viktoria, ebenfalls Exkollegin und selbstständig als Auftragsmörderin. Zusammen finden sie raus, dass der Mordauftrag an ihnen von ganz oben kommt - nämlich vom Vizepräsidenten, der Dreck am Stecken hat, von dem sie wissen und den sie niemals preis geben sollen. Sie beschließen den Spieß umzudrehen..... Natürlich ist die Handlung noch etwas komplexer, mit mehr wichtigen Personen, aber das ist mal so das Grundgerüst. Der Clou an dem Film ist der schwarze Humor und die direkte Art der Figuren. Was einen in der Realität schocken würde (so wie Sarah), findet man vorm Bildschirm echt witzig ;-) Der Film ist wirklich sehr unterhaltsam, eher lustig als spannend, jedoch gleichermaßen Komödie und Actionfilm (und somit erst freigegeben ab 16). Ein paar Szenen sind zwar ziemlich phantasievoll (wie das beim Actiongenre eben so ist), aber auf jeden Fall sehenswert. Alles in allem ein super Film, den ich nur weiterempfehlen kann.

Ras le bol de ces 4K qui ne font qu’apporter du grains, du grains, et encore du grains ! Sans compter que la VF est Québécoise ! ( je n’ai personnellement aucun grief envers nos amis Québécois, Mais la voix de Bruce Willis pour nous, c’est le regretté Patrick Poivey.) Alors un conseil, conservez vos disques blu-ray!

Great DVD came within a few days

Bruce Willis is wonderful and the rest of the cast are also magnificent. I knew it would be entertaining, but I didn't know how much. It's witty, action filled and brilliant from start to finish and the romantic relationships in it are just awesome. Karl Urban is hot and sexy as the CIA operative and is a brilliant foil for Bruce Willis' character. Well written, well plotted and very much worth watching. Helen Mirren totally kicks arse and John Malkovich is delightfully insane. It has the fun and action of The Losers [Blu-ray] [2010 ] and just a touch of romance as well. The plot is engaging and makes sense, which is superb because so many modern films give up plot for CGI. I cannot recommend this film enough.