RED

A screwball spy action comedy adapted from a mini-series comic book where a motley ensemble of retired CIA operatives was hunted down for their involvement in a major cover up during the top of their time with the clandestine agency. They soon find themselves working closely together again to uncover the plot of their assassinations.

This movie is not exactly like most espionage films where the audiences have to work their minds throughout the film. In fact, the story line is pretty linear but it sure as hell is a blast to watch.

Never would I imagine that we will get to see a concerto of Hollywood veterans working together in a film let alone something this hysterical. One would be more than safe to assume that nothing could possibly go wrong seeing how more than two generations of on-screen experiences are all at the same place.

Special attention goes out to one of my favourite actors of all time, John Malkovich who plays the paranoid conspiracy theorist who made the film so much more enjoyable to watch.

And Helen 'Elizabeth' Mirren, who have been acting long before many of us even started watching movies (or spell our own names) certainly made this movie classier although one would have never imagined actually seeing her get involved in a fire-fight meticulously emptying clip after clip nor unleashing the full onslaught of a 50 calibre M2 machine gun with such composure.

This movie, like most action films, is probably not going to win any awards but I am pretty sure the actors themselves could not care less even if it does. They probably did this film for the sheer fun of it which, in doing so, prove a simple point: Actors come and go. Real stars just keep on shining. So 'old man my ass' indeed.