RED

I was most certainly entertained.  Red stars some of the biggest names in Hollywood: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich.  Red tells of a group of retired undercover agents who are ordered killed by the CIA.  They are tagged RED (Retired, Extremely Dangerous) and one by one they reconnect and decided to get back at the system, searching for the truth behind their attempted assassinations.  The movie was  very enticing, the action was great, the storyline believable.  The cherry on top is John Malkovich's performance playing a paranoid nut who is an expert on weapons.  I so enjoyed his performance in this film which was very comical, I almost forgot he played   Cyrus the Virus in ConAir.

My only concern is that these retired operatives can defeat younger agents in hand to hand combat.  That is not possible, or if it is, then luck should favor you all the time.  When two agents, both exceptional in self-defense and both with superhuman agility, intelligence and tactical strategies, the younger agent almost always wins.  Aging makes you a little bit slower due to slower nerve conduction.  That split second difference could spell life or death.  At least that was how I remembered it in David Morrell's book.  David Morrell is the creator of Rambo is one of my favorite authors.  If you get the chance, read the Brotherhood of the Rose.  That is one hell of a good book.

Nevertheless, if I were to rate RED I would give it a nine out of ten.  It has everything I'm looking for in an action film and the comedic timing of the actors were just perfect.  Go and watch it too :-)