Rent Red (2010)

Masterfully silly - Red review by JD

Completely within the Bruce Willis genre of feelgood escapist silliness. Having Mirren, Malkovich and Freeman to give an air of gravitas makes the silliness even more humorous. Lots of dark silliness (Mirran pouring acid onto a recently killed victim to dissolve him while she talks on the phone, noxious gases rising from the bath as she talks). If you like Die Hard, this is fantastic.

A light, fluffy & silly action comedy, focusing welcomingly on older characters who aren't passed it - Red review by TB

The plot for this film is in a funny way like the anti-Expendables, despite the fact that both feature Bruce Willis. Whereas the Expendables are still all absolutely ripped/stacked/muscular, this film is more about brains than brawn.

The chemistry between the actors is also great, particularly with the addition of Helen Mirren. Mirren is the last person you'd expect in this type of film, which is exactly why it works. Brian Cox is also good fun. He also has the best part in the movie, when he creates a diversion by pretending to smell gas and setting off the alarms. The completely over the top way he does this absolutely creased me with laughter.

As much as this is a 3 star film, you have a good time watching it and there are some good stunts/stunt work as well.

There were some annoyances, such as Mary-Louise Parker's character, who has the tricky task of being the woman caught up in it all who also spouts dialogue machine gun fashion, which very quickly becomes tiresome.

But it's still a good watch and fun if you don't think about it too much.