RED (2010)

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

Director:

Robert Schwentke

Writers:

Jon Hoeber (screenplay), Erich Hoeber (screenplay),

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis	...	Frank Moses
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Sarah Ross
Heidi von Palleske	...	Woman Neighbor
Karl Urban	...	William Cooper
Chris Owens	...	Hanged Man
Rebecca Pidgeon	...	Cynthia Wilkes
Morgan Freeman	...	Joe Matheson
Jaqueline Fleming	...	Marna
Randy Wade Kelley	...	Paramedic
Jason Giuliano	...	Endercott
Alec Rayme	...	Cop at Intersection
Lawrence Turner	...	Retirement Home Assassin
Emily Kuroda	...	Mrs. Chan
Joe Chrest	...	Retirement Home Detective
Justine Wachsberger	...	Nurse

Storyline

Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored and lonely living off his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life are 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 Frank 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 Frank's past and the people he used to work with. Like Frank they are all RED ... Retired Extremely Dangerous.

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Plot Keywords:

cia | interrogation | russian | christmas | assassin | 

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Taglines:

Doesn't Get Out Much.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

15 October 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Red

Filming Locations:

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$58,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,662,472 (UK) (22 October 2010)

Gross:

$90,356,857 (USA) (28 January 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Di Bonaventura Pictures, DC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank Moses' birth date in the dossier is revealed as 19 March 1955, which is Bruce Willis' real birth date.

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Goofs

(at around 16 mins) After making the call on the pay phone, Parker's character pronounces the name of the city in Alabama the same way one pronounces "mobile" phone. The city is pronounced "mo-BEEL." This is surprising, as Mary-Louise Parker is from South Carolina and the pronunciation of Mobile is widely known in the South.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Frank Moses: [on the phone] 943-66-2291. Pension Services, please.
Woman: Thank you, Mr. Moses, please hold for your representative.

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Crazy Credits

Bullets, guns and explosions play out over the end credits.

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Red (2010)

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Soundtracks

Back in the Saddle
Written by Steven Tyler (as Tyler) / Joe Perry (as Perry)
Performed by Aerosmith
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

I don't agree with the critics on this one.

Red manages to balance the line between action thriller, and light comedy, and does it quite well.

Frank Moses(Bruce Willis) a former C.I.A. agent is now retired, and living a simply, and at times boring life. His only joy of the day when he calls Sarah(Mary Louise Parker) a customer service agent, who he likes, Frank pretends not to get a monthly check, just an excuse to talk to her. But Franks simply life is interrupted, when he learns that somebody has put hit on his life, he goes on the run, after escaping an attempt on his life. He takes Sarah along too, much to her dismay. And gets his old team back together(Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich) in hopes to uncover who is behind the hits, but will they before it's too late?

I really don't agree with the critics on this one. Red was entertaining. It's funny without trying to get overly silly. Action scenes where good. Bruce Willis, Mary Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Cox, and Morgan Freeman. But it's John Malkovich who steals the show, with his funny one liners. And also a great co starring role by veteran actor Ernest Borgnine.