Here’s Joseph’s Blu-ray review… And with good reason, it turns out.
His ageing KGB agent, Ivan Simanov, is as stereotypical as they come.
It takes mere moments for the silk-scarfed Cox to break out a bottle of wodka and fill two glasses.
He passes a tumbler to Bruce Willis, starring as ex-CIA agent, Frank Moses.
Bruce is moving in the opposite direction to his co-stars.
As if hed got on the wrong escalator.
How seriously can you take a Dame with a sniper rifle or a grenade launcher in a stuffed pig?
In this context, Coxs characterisation is pitch-perfect cheekiness.
On the rare occasions hes called upon to crack a joke, he seems physically uncomfortable.
Director Robert Schwentke is also a little confused about his films tone.
Parker is the only actor inREDwho really masters the films topsy-turvy mood.
Her character is believable, expressive, and, when required, very silly.
Its tough, though, with Schwentke throwing curve balls at her attempts to appear genuine.
While Moses compassionately kidnaps an unwilling Ross, Parker does a good job of being distressed.
Perhaps her director thought this was too much of a downer.
Thankfully, as the minutes tick by, the ensemble assemble and Willis slides comfortably into full-on action mode.
Morgan Freeman even gets a chance to reuse the excellent Nelson Mandela impression he crafted forInvictus.
Decked out in African military regalia, he poses as a foreign general for a meeting with Richard Dreyfuss.
Hamming it up as an evil business magnate, Dreyfuss is yet another actor who understandsREDstimbre.
Then Morgan Freeman punches him in the face.
The premise forREDsounds like fantastic fun.
Gather together a gaggle of Hollywood vets, arm them to the teeth, and let them loose.
The long stretches of popcorn shootery are well worth waiting for.
Its just a shame we have to wait for them at all.
Except, that would be a complete waste of time.
In between each video clip, a commentary track from former CIA agent, Robert Baer, plays.
Its genuinely engrossing to hear him reminisce about covert operations involving latex masks and secret files.
Turning off the video clips reveals the complete audio, which I would highly recommend.
Film:
REDis out now on Blu-ray andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
4 out of 5
