Old man my ass!

Humberto 2022-04-19 09:01:25

The plot of the movie is very straightforward, and the DC logo at the title shows that the movie is bound to have a comic color. The title RED is the abbreviation of Retired: Extremely Dangerous, and it tells the story of a group of old agents who come back to the arena.

This movie is a party of old guys, so let's take a look at the ages of the four leading actors at the time of filming. Grandpa Bruce Willis, 55 years old; Grandpa John Malkovich, 57 years old; Grandma Helen Mirren, 65 years old; Grandpa Morgan Freeman, 73 years old. Of course, there are other supporting roles that are even more terrifying. The CIA file manager in the movie is actually 95 years old. In addition, don't think that Willis is old and young in this movie, his girlfriend looks like a royal sister, and her real age is 46.

Acting is already as simple as eating and sleeping for this group of veteran actors. Although they may never have played similar roles before, the characters in the film are still very precise. In my impression, Malkovich is the shrewd and brutal villain in "Prison in the Air", but this time he played a nervous and arrogant little old man, who took care of most of the film's laughs. After being provoked, the phrase "Old man my ass!" is very domineering. "Her Majesty" Helen Mirren picked up the gun even more unambiguously, sniping and strafing, full of domineering. Grandpa Freeman feels a little soy sauce. The older the old man is, the more varied the roles he plays, not acting but playing tickets. It seems that he is not ready to go to the Oscars. I hope he can give him a lifetime achievement award.

The film is absolutely entertaining, several action scenes are quite brilliant, and the plot series also echoes the front and back, and there is nothing abrupt. A lot of firearms use and the scenes of flying bullets made me very enjoyable to watch, and it can be regarded as a better popcorn movie.

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RED quotes

  • Joe Matheson: We're gettin' the band back together.

  • [Frank calls Cooper on the phone; Cooper is told to stall him while the call is traced]

    Frank Moses: Here's the thing, Cooper. With age... comes a certain perspective. I'd be a liar if I said there wasn't a time when I was exactly like you. Blind ambition. Misplaced trust.

    William Cooper: Why are you telling me this?

    Frank Moses: It may help me to decide what to do next.

    Interrogation Surveillance Tech: [technician tracing the call whispering to Cooper] Just keep it going.

    William Cooper: Why? What are you thinking about?

    Frank Moses: Our business is a very hard one. But it was never the, uh... the killing or the stress, the bad pay that bothered me.

    William Cooper: Well, what was it, Frank?

    Frank Moses: It's how anything that you love... can be taken away from you. It taught me never to care. Never to invest. Then I met this woman. Sarah. And now you have her. Now I can't think of anything more horrible than to know that your enemies can hurt someone you love. The feeling is almost indescribable.

    [the trace completes, and the technician hands Cooper a printout]

    Frank Moses: You still there, Cooper?

    William Cooper: [horrified] You're at my house

    [Frank looks out the window into the yard where Cooper's wife and two children, unaware, are playing]

    Frank Moses: Almost indescribable, isn't it?

    William Cooper: [whispering] Please... Please don't hurt my family.

    Frank Moses: If anything happens to Sarah, I will rip everything you love out of your life. And then I'll kill you.