I could say that the Red series is everything that's wrong with modern spy films. It's more show than substance, more flair than grit, more punchline than punch. Wrapped into that are aging actors - Bruce Willis primarily - whose abilities to withstand a punch, or a knife, or a gun, are simply unbelievable.
But then again, this movie gets right so many things that its contemporaries - I'm looking at you, Untouchables - get wrong. It's not about the cameo, or joking around with old buddies. It's about being of a certain age, one where your work is your art. There are other lines, like the Raid series, to satisfy, the brutal realism of combat. This is about watching Bruce Willis and some good actors have fun with their work, their art.
Red 2
2013, 116 minutes, directed by Dean Parisot
