Red DVD

A lightweight but enjoyable action movie, that sees a group of old timer assassins ('RED' being a groan worthy acronym for 'Retired Extremely Dangerous') on the run from their former employers in a violent, often comedic, cross country manhunt. Bruce Willis heads up an all star cast as ex-CIA hitman Frank Moses; a smirking loner targeted by the powers that be and forced to reform his old crew in a desperate bid to survive.

Director Robert Schwentke is fast becoming the Richard Donner of the 21st century; a competent but somewhat generic, gun-for-hire: whose CV includes riotous black comedy 'Family Jewels', unremarkable Hollywood thriller 'Flight Plan' and mildly entertaining romance 'The Time Traveler's Wife'. With 'RED', he's managed to turn in a well paced popcorn movie that ought to keep you amused for awhile but leaves little to no lasting impression.

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban and Brian Cox are all present and accounted for. They're no standout performances per say, but Malkovich garners the most laughs as an unhinged conspiracy nut, whose theories usually turn out to be right. A couple of good action sequences (e.g. Bruce Willis foiling a CIA raid on his home with the help of some cooked bullets) a few good jokes and a breezy storyline makes 'RED' worth watching once. Entertaining fluff.