Monday, February 21, 2011

Red (2010)

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants. 

   This was a very entertaining movie. It had a great ensemble cast, cool comic-book visuals, and an interesting enough story to keep you invested. One of the downsides to a comic book-turned-movie that is not about vampires or superheroes is that sometimes seems real, but then all of a sudden isn't, and you are tempted to say, "That's so unrealistic." It can be confusing at times. But that hardly makes it a bad movie. John Malkovich steals every scene, everything he says is hilarious. Helen Mirren is also one my favorites. She proves that you can have a career that consists of playing almost solely assassins and Shakespearean heroines. Not super memorable, but fun for a Friday night at home with pizza and ice cream.

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