
Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off of his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sarah is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces... (Full plot summary below)
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Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off of his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sarah is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces him back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into his past and the people with whom he used to work. Like Frank they are all "R.E.D." - Retired Extremely Dangerous.
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| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottA beautifully executed, slow-motion, guns blazing Bruce Willis' exit from a spinning cop car proves you are going to have the best time you'll have in a theater all year. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsRed is an insult to our memories and to our intelligence, an unfunny farce whose veteran cast is cashing a retirement check. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderOnce it works its way up to a certain volume -- jaunty, one-dimensional, unserious mayhem -- it stays there, forever. |
| HitFixDrew McWeenyOne of the most enjoyable things I've seen this year, and I would absolutely recommend it. |
| iamROGUEJimmyO... a star-studded, action-packed, loaded-with-laughs, great time! |
| Big Picture Big SoundJoe LozitoA pitch-perfect parody of over-the-hill action heroes nails and sustains the right tone throughout. Of course, when you've got Helen Mirren stationed behind a mounted machine gun, how can you fail? |
| Contra Costa TimesRandy MyersThe ensemble is terrific. These are pros at work here, and they not only show up the new action-star punks but prove they're far from expendable. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThe movie's goal, shrewdly, is to see how much fun its collection of Oscar nominees and winners can have playing the Over the Hill Gang of espionage. Plenty, as it turns out. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThere's fun to be had with Mirren's Victoria and, even more so, John Malkovich's weird, LSD flashbacking Marvin Boggs, but the plot is pretty humdrum and the film ultimately forgettable. |
| Nolan's Pop Culture ReviewMichael A. Smith"RED" is a smart, well directed action film that counts among its cast an incredible fourteen Academy Award nominations and four Awards. |