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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
RED (PG-13) The veterans of Red prove yet
again the importance of quality and experi
ence over youthful beauty and exuberance.
This adaptation of the Warren Ellis comic book
is not very far removed from spring's lacklus
ter The Losers, another DC comic brought to
the big screen. In addition to the DC Comics
connection, both action movies concern gov
ernment operatives marked for death by their
John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis
former employers; feature key sequences set at
a shipping yard; and are under the leadership
of unimpressive directors. It's the old dogs
who show the young'uns how action comedy
is supposed to be done. Reds wily team of
pros—Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan
Freeman, Helen Mirren and Brian Cox—make
losers of The Losers' cast of newbies.
Retired black ops agent Frank Moses
(Willis) is classified RED—Retired, Extremely
Dangerous. To survive, he goes on the road,
picking up his former teammates, all of whom
have also been declared RED due to a mysteri
ous early-'80s operation in Guatemala. With
the help of cancer-stricken Joe Matheson
(Freeman), lunatic Marvin Boggs (Malkovich),
wetworks-specialist-turned-Martha-Stewart
Victoria (Mirren) and Frank's new girlfriend,
Social Security flunkie Sarah (Mary-Louise
Parker), Frank must outwit his
pseudo-replacement, William
Cooper (Karl Urban), and figure
out who wants him dead.
Undistinguished director
Robert Schwentke uses a light
touch, smartly ceding power to
his old hands, including Ernest
Borgnine. Red is the year's best
non-dramatic use of a band of
Oscar-nominated/winning vets.
How nostalgic Hollywood has
grown for the Cold War, when
bad guys were easily identified
by their politics and accents.
Today's anonymous, religiously
fervent, big, bad terrorists are far too fright
ening and easily* offended to comically write
off. A good old, lighthearted romp of PG-13
violence and explosions, Red and its wistful
Cold Warriors, especially Cox's hammy Russian
agent fittingly named Ivan, serve as rose-
colored reminders of what now seems a kinder,
simpler gentleman's conflict.
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