Movie Review: Red 2
Aug. 12th, 2013 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23Red was a surprise hit. DC Comics can barely start a movie franchise with its biggest superheroes, and here was a hit based on a Warren Ellis miniseries.
Red 2 was probably unnecessary, but if you are going to make a mindless action movie, you might as well make it with some of the best actors on the planet- John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Anthony Hopkins, and a cast most movies would kill for- Bruce Willis, Byung-Hun Lee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary Louise Parker.
In any case, it's a pretty fun (even if truly unnecessary) action movie which works in a lot of Malkovich one-liners, some great action shots, and though I mentioned it above, Mirren as action star.
Of course, it's pretty standard over-the-top action fare, simply plotted, more smirks than full laughs, and probably quickly forgotten by it's viewers. It's just a fun 'weekend movie' (and as performed by Oscar caliber talent), but given Hollywood's recent record, that's about all we can ask for (and a bit lost in the shuffle of better promoted, but not necessarily better summer movies). In any case, it's essentially like a Bourne sequel or Jason Statham's more generic fare.
I am okay with that. So, there you go.
Red 2 was probably unnecessary, but if you are going to make a mindless action movie, you might as well make it with some of the best actors on the planet- John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Anthony Hopkins, and a cast most movies would kill for- Bruce Willis, Byung-Hun Lee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary Louise Parker.
In any case, it's a pretty fun (even if truly unnecessary) action movie which works in a lot of Malkovich one-liners, some great action shots, and though I mentioned it above, Mirren as action star.
Of course, it's pretty standard over-the-top action fare, simply plotted, more smirks than full laughs, and probably quickly forgotten by it's viewers. It's just a fun 'weekend movie' (and as performed by Oscar caliber talent), but given Hollywood's recent record, that's about all we can ask for (and a bit lost in the shuffle of better promoted, but not necessarily better summer movies). In any case, it's essentially like a Bourne sequel or Jason Statham's more generic fare.
I am okay with that. So, there you go.
