RED

RATING: A+

Action-adventure flicks these days are blasted for either having no plot, not being interesting, or being stuff that we've all seen before many a time. I'm less critical of many action-adventure flicks than most, but if there's a big flaw--plot is lame, characters are lame, or the film just fails to grab interest overall--I'm certainly not going to condone it. 

This is not one of those action-adventure films that I don't condone. Quite the opposite, in fact. 

Retired CIA black-ops agent Frank Moses is attacked in his home by assassins, so he decides to get his old band of brothers back together to find out what the heck is going on and why they are being hunted down. 

Frank Moses--played Bruce Willis--is joined by comrades such as Marvin (John Malkovich), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Victoria (Helen Mirren), Ivan (Brian Cox), and Frank's love interest Sarah (Mary Louise-Parker), as they go to battle against enemies such as characters played by Karl Urban and Richard Dreyfuss. 

As you can see, we are dealing with an all-star cast. That's one of the first awesome things about this movie. There are loads of hilarious one-liners, as well as quite a bit of slapstick violence. It may be a little bit over-the-top for some on occasion, but an overall theme of hilarity and cleverness surrounds the film. There's a lot of rollicking gunplay.

The plot isn't anything particularly special, but there are a couple twists and it's nothing lame either. It's enough to keep you interested. I can't say much without giving away spoilers, but basically, there is a massive cover-up conspiracy going on which involves snuffing out all of these retired agents. By the way, RED? It stands for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. 

RED is an action/adventure film that is about as fun as it gets. There's very little to not like about this film, what with an all-star cast, and the comedic violence and amusing dialogue. It's a film well worth checking out if you're any sort of a fan of action-adventure films. It's a film to give a look for sure.