Bruce Willis in RED () Julian McMahon in RED () John Malkovich and Helen Mirren in RED () Lorenzo di Bonaventura at an event for RED () .
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More at the forefront of course is the bang-on wry humour and delicious action sequences. This is old fashion stunt work at play here fittingly perhaps and I'll take it over a green screen any day. These bursts of adrenaline are dumb to be sure, but not totally ludicrous; think of a cross between Die Hard and Enemy of the State. What they are not is anything short of exciting and kinetic, and are interspersed with laughs in such a way as to not drift to one focus too long.
RED also gleefully embraces its comic book origins, using playful transitions as the globe-trotting commences. Yet again, director Robert Schwentke never revels in one gimmick for too long and the film goes down smooth and easy as a result. The younger cast is more than worth mentioning as well, with the highest accolades going to Mary-Louis Parker from TV's Weeds. There is a joke in RED which I am not sure was intentioned, when after being injected with a knockout-drug, Parker's Sarah exclaims "I'm so high". She steals most scenes when given the chance but her character a love interest of Frank who unintentionally gets caught up in the fracas is utilized far more towards the beginning of the film.
Karl Urban is also solid as a CIA operative tasked in finding the RED's but becomes suspicious at his orders which grow increasingly corrupt.
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I always wonder in the movie world how they would explain attack helicopters shredding an airport to the general public. The government must have some amazing PR agents on staff. Richard Dreyfus in his second cameo of the year after Piranha is also well used as an oily arms dealer who comes across the team's path.
Summit Entertainment is pulling out all the marketing stops for this film, and I am happy to report the results seem to be worth the glamour. While venturing through my theatres ticket checkpoint they stamped my stub "confidential" instead of ripping it, and a squad of agents clad in sunglasses and suits patrolled the lobby. The showing seemed to be a generous mix of old and new patrons and that really comes as no surprise. Even though the majority of the cast has long breached 60, these are actors generations of all ages still admire.
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Even if they are not the draws they once were some of them never were this is a great example of people showing up to see actors, performers, and not special effects. RED may be imperfect, it may not even be particularly fresh, but it exudes something movies lack far too often: Enjoy a night in with these popular movies available to stream now with Prime Video. Start your free trial. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Watch This Week's Trailer Trailer. Share this Rating Title: Use the HTML below.
You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Learn more More Like This. Live Free or Die Hard Olympus Has Fallen A Good Day to Die Hard Disgusted with Wilkes' corruption, Cooper pretends to arrest Frank, but shoots and kills Wilkes. Marvin and Victoria kill Dunning's bodyguards, and Frank kills Dunning by crushing his windpipe.
Cooper lets Frank's team go.
As they leave the scene, Frank and Sarah are eager to start a new life together. Ivan reminds Frank of his favor. A few months later, Frank and Marvin are in Moldova with a stolen nuclear device. They flee from Moldovan Army troops with Marvin wearing a dress and in a wooden wheelbarrow being pushed by Frank. Gregory Noveck, a representative of DC Comics working in Hollywood to get their titles made into films, wanted the comic developed, but Warner Bros. The creators of the comic exercised their right to go elsewhere, but this required approval from all divisions of Warner Bros.
Unusually, this made it the first film from DC not produced by Warner Bros. Red was adapted for the big screen by brothers Erich and Jon Hoeber, who also wrote the adaptations of Whiteout and Alice. He stated that he loved the script, but differences existed between the comic and the movie, stating; "It's very funny, which the comic book isn't It's not as violent as the comic book," and "The script that I've read is obviously different from the comic, because I don't think the comic gives you enough for a two-hour movie.
Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker were in negotiations to join the cast. Reilly would play a retired CIA agent who is paranoid that everyone is out to kill him. Parker would play the romantic interest, a federal pension worker who becomes embroiled in the Willis character's struggle to stay alive. Not the book, but not bad. Especially when you know the casting. Very tight piece of work. Talked to the producers last week.
They're all kind of giddy over the casting coups. Who wouldn't want to see Helen Mirren with a sniper rifle? Reilly, who exited the role in late December. Principal photography began on January 18, , in Toronto, Canada. A teaser trailer for Red was released in June 24, Justin Chang of Variety stated Red is "An amusing, light-footed caper about a team of aging CIA veterans rudely forced out of retirement".
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Conversely, Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, stating that it is "neither a good movie nor a bad one. It features actors that we like doing things we wish were more interesting. It doesn't really try to be, and given the present state of the Hollywood economy, this may be a wise choice". The film's inescapable air of glib self-satisfaction is not only largely unearned, it's downright irritating".
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The film's financial success surpassed producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura 's expectations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. RED Theatrical release poster. Lorenzo di Bonaventura Mark Vahradian. Di Bonaventura Pictures [1].
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Retrieved August 26, Retrieved March 25, Retrieved October 16, Archived from the original on September 14, Retrieved January 18, That's not dear as things go. Kanys ta reddyn goll er? Son y chied red , t'eh ro vie dy ve firrinagh. For one thing, it is too good to be true. Things are getting better. Ta reddyn ennagh ayn nagh vel niart ain orroo. There are some things we cannot help. Ta shen red aitt.
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That's a curious thing. T'eh yn un red. It amounts to the same thing. It falls in with the other thing. She'n red hene eh y traa shoh. It's the real thing this time.