There's a reason the title of the new Bruce Willis movie RED is in all caps; it's an acronym, not the color. It's also the latest of the new Hollywood penchant for putting old, retired actors (Ernest Borgnine, in this case) into vignette roles. (He's as good as ever, by the way.) The title refers to a designation for 'retired' CIA officers:
Retired, Extremely Dangerous.
(Rico says that, even without prior employment at the Agency, he gladly accepts the designation.)
The movie stars a panoply of actors: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, the ever-luscious Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfus, and a host of lesser-knowns.
You gotta pay attention, though, because there are a lot of red (yes) herrings and plot devices, but it all comes to a rousing ending.
Rico gives it five stars.
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