The comic-book
inspired “Red” from 2010 was an OK blast of time-waster fun, nothing special
outside of the delicious sight of seeing classy senior citizens such as Morgan
Freeman and Helen Mirren blast off guns and canons alongside Action Man himself
Bruce Willis. And it had an Ernest Borgnine cameo. “Red 2” is very much all the
same, minus Freeman and (RIP) Borgnine, as a pack of retired CIA killers -– led
by John Malkovich -– again run after some McGuffin device as a tarted-up, evil,
faceless Big Brother agency chases after them, bouncing bullets and plane
tickets for foreign lands back and forth. The sought-after item here is an untraceable
bomb developed by the USA lost decades ago and now likely to fall into the
hands of terrorists. Anthony Hopkins pops by, making for at least one
delicious scene where he and Brian Cox face off. That’s movie geek glory as
each man played Hannibal Lector. But that’s it. The rest is
paint by numbers and stale jokes. Here’s one: Have you seen the gag
about the once cool bad-ass macho man reduced to shopping at Costco just like any consumer? No?!? Well,
here’s your chance. C+
Monday, December 9, 2013
Red 2 (2013)
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