Red (Special Edition)

When I watched on cable I didn't have many expectations. Little did I know it would be a crack-up with great dialogue and hilarious actors (Bruce Willis (witty, funny, always great), John Malkovich (really funny), Morgan Freeman, Mary Louise Parker (crazy fun) and the great Helen Mirren (who's so very good & funny) & many more. Dialogue is so clever (a little over the top, which I like).You'll have a good time watching it. DVD delivered on time and was absolutely in perfect condition (new).

Just a great, fun movie! The casting was perfect. There's enough action / stuff blowing up to keep your teenaged Son interested, and the interplay of characters will keep you daughter and wife entertained and laughing as well.If you've never seen Helen Mirren or John Malcovich in a comedy, you're missing out.Get the family together, put the cell phones on the charger with the privacy switch on, grab some popcorn and enjoy the time you've been missing together when everyone is usually going their own direction after dinner. You'll all be glad you did.

Great movies. Amazon makes it so easy to own and stream movies.

I know movies can be considered an art form, a way to make a social/political statement, and/or a means of experimenting with style and content. But let's face it -- many of us go to the movies not to be educated or culturally refined, but to be entertained. I know I've enjoyed my share of brainless but fun blockbusters, such as the "Transformers" film series and the "A-Team" movie, and will gladly choose a Pixar or Disney movie over a more "arty" foreign film. There are wonderful, art-worthy Oscar contenders that I will probably never watch again, simply because though I acknowledge they are good, they just weren't fun, while less artistically impressive movies will become a hit with me because of how much I enjoyed myself watching them."RED" is not an Oscar contender, and has absolutely no pretense of making a statement or considering itself high art. But it's a blast nonetheless.(For the record -- no, I have not read the comic series this is based on, so I'm judging the film solely on its own merits.)Frank Moses is a "RED" (Retired, Extremely Dangerous) CIA agent, trying to grow accustomed to a quiet civilian life and having slightly flirty phone conversations with Sarah, the customer service agent at his pension office. His attempts to relax and enjoy retirement are shattered when a hit squad attacks his house one night, sending him on the run. With a rather reluctant Sarah in tow, he makes a cross-country trip to round up his old CIA buddies -- Joe, terminally ill but still kicking; Marvin, paranoid and deliciously crazy; Victoria, an elegant and soft-spoken "wetwork" agent; and ex-Russian secret agent Ivan. As they put together the pieces and discover their team is being hunted down due to their connection with a military disaster in Guatemala, Frank is being pursued by young CIA agent and family man William Cooper, who follows orders with chilling precision but is seemingly unaware that he's being used as a tool by higher forces...By far the best part of this film is the cast, containing such heavy hitters as Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, and Richard Dreyfuss. All of them look like they're having an absolute blast making this movie, and sling hot lead and sharp one-liners with equal zest. John Malkovich chews quite a bit of scenery as Marvin, easily making him one of the funniest characters in the film, and Helen Mirren shines as Victoria, obviously having fun being a proper lady with a machine gun. Richard Dreyfuss has only a few scenes as a smirky weapons dealer, but he hams it up enough that he's quite memorable. Morgan Freeman plays against type as Joe and has relatively few scenes for being one of the top-credited names, and Bruce Willis seems to be running mostly on autopilot as Frank Moses, but they're still both fun to watch and have some good lines. Mary-Louis Parker is sweet and spunky as Sarah, and Karl Urban (probably best known for "Star Trek") is mostly playing straight man to the rest of the crew as Cooper, but does his job well enough that I can see him carrying a "Bourne" style action series on his own.The film operates solely on "Rule of Cool," eschewing realism for over-the-top explosions and loads of gunfire and fist-swinging action. I don't particularly mind this, as I was enjoying the ride too much to nitpick at any errors. This film knows what it is, and never has any pretense at art or high-minded storytelling. The downside is that the plot tends to fall by the wayside in favor of fight and shoot-out scenes, but there's a good deal of humor, character development, and even a sweet romance to make up for any deficiencies in the plot.Very fun and entertaining action flick, with good actors and memorable jokes and scenes carrying the movie quite well despite the fairly weak plot. If you want a fun action flick, "RED" is a good choice, with something for just about everybody. It's not going to win any awards, but it's sure going to entertain you.P.S. There's talk of a sequel... and reportedly when Helen Mirren was asked what it would take to get her into the sequel, she said "just send me a script." I can only hope something good comes of this... :D

I got a kick out of this film. Now I admit that I'm a fan of all the stars and certainly that's a big reason why I enjoyed the experience. Frankly it's why I wanted to see the film in the first place. None of them disappointed me; they all treated their roles with just enough seriousness that you never get the feeling they're standing apart and winking at the audience. And yet you know they're having fun. With a big, dumb, 'splodey movie like this ('splodey, adjective, -er, -est, Full of explosions) if the cast isn't having fun, neither is the audience.Frankly, I don't recall much of the plot. Bruce Willis has a telephone romance going with a tired, bored woman at the Social Security office (Let me pause here just to say how refreshing it was to see that his love interest wasn't some vapid young starlet, but a smart, interesting, age-appropriate woman, played by Mary Louise Parker. There is nothing bland about this cast, not even in the love department. High marks there.) He's a retired CIA operative who discovers that someone is trying to kill him. They manage to kill his house, and he decides it's time to hit the road, pick up his sweetie, who is probably in danger, and go talk to the rest of his old team, all of whom are in danger, too.The rest of the film is them trying to figure out the who and why of the problem, and they do it with real class. Really, if you're looking for some tasty mind candy, this is it.

Great quality

Ras le bol de ces 4K qui ne font qu’apporter du grains, du grains, et encore du grains !Sans compter que la VF est Québécoise ! ( je n’ai personnellement aucun grief envers nos amis Québécois,Mais la voix de Bruce Willis pour nous, c’est le regretté Patrick Poivey.)Alors un conseil, conservez vos disques blu-ray!

Buen producto, llego a tiempo, el empaque no estaba maltratado, gran película, por la trama, el elenco que tiene, muy graciosa, recomendado ampliamente

Very good thriller. Entertaining.

Der Film ist super lustig und ist in meiner Familie ziemlich beliebt geworden. Er ist zeitlos und man kann ihn immer wieder kucken, ohne das einem langweilig wird. Sehr empfehlenswert für Leute, die Action und Comedy lieben.

This was been on my buy when cheap enough list (otherwise known as Amazon wish list) for some time before I finally got round to buying and watching it and wondering why the hell I waited so long because it's great.Based on a short graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hammer, the producers (or whoever) had the sense to keep only the idea and the skeleton of the story, flesh it out and hire some of the best actors of a certain age which also includes Brian Cox and Richard Dreyfuss, use a script peppered with great dialogue and lots of action, and let it loose.Ex-CIA black ops agent Willis regularly phones an office in Kansas City ostensibly to complain about the non-appearance of his retirement cheque but really to flirt with the thirty-something woman (Mary-Louise Parker) who deals with his case. When, following the latest call, a CIA hit team arrive to take him out but get taken by him. He then drives to Kansas City to rescue/kidnap Parker before they get to her and then get in touch with old black ops buddies to find out what the hell has been going on.Freeman is in an old people's home dying of cancer, Malkovitch is paranoid and living in a swamp, ex-MI6 hitwoman Mirren is living a gentile life in the American countryside. He also consults old Russian enemy Brian Cox who has a history with Mirren. Meanwhile immaculately dressed, ruthless CIA hitman Karl Urban (a fine actor when given the right role) is given the task of dealing with Willis and his team. Urban has only one flaw which is a tendency to independent thinking. I can't tell you Richard Dreyfuss' role in this or I'd have to kill you.What you get is an action-packed but witty romp where all the cast are on top form and clearly having fun at the same time. There's great chemistry between the five leads -don't forget Parker, and Cox's part is more than a cameo. The action sequences are done well and watch out for John Malkovitch versus... but that would be telling. Sure it's a mindless piece of fluff but it also happens to be great entertainment and a sequel would be welcomed by me at least.