The stars? Well, while I'm sure they had fun phoning in their performances - I hope they've destroyed the records - I can't help wishing they were all doing something more interesting.

| Aug 30, 2018

Together they make up for decent movie, with occasionally good action scenes.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 8, 2017

Red is a goofball lament. It's saying that in the good old days, or at least in the good old movie days, our killers were good-time guys.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 3, 2011

While it's a movie richly endowed with big names, you come away imbued with the happy thought that they all left their egos at home.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 28, 2010

With its self-deprecating humour, and a hilarious performance from Malkovich, the film -- though it never makes the least bit of sense -- is easy to take, and there are a few snappy lines of dialogue, too.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 27, 2010

A fast, funny, smart, adult-oriented action-comedy that generates precisely the kind of giddy vibe The Expendables lacked.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 27, 2010

If anything, Red works better as a comedy than as an action film, which automatically makes it better than most of its peers.

| Oct 27, 2010

Schwentke must think his audience is very easily pleased.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 22, 2010

Never tell Hollywood action heroes in their 50s and 60s, that they're a bit past it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 22, 2010

It's very silly and runs out of steam well before the end, though there are one or two gags.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 21, 2010

Red may look tantalising on paper, but the end product is nothing to smile about.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 21, 2010

Good fun, and though it breathes hard in the second half, the ensemble has charisma to spare.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 20, 2010

Beneath its light exterior is not only a neat, if unsubtle, political undercurrent but a rebellious streak about how the allure of firing an RPG outweighs the prospect of retirement.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 20, 2010

Not many actors can get away with switching in and out of character, and yet Willis does it with ease, confident in our love. And we do love Willis.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 20, 2010

I dunno how a film that climaxes with Helen Mirren wielding a machine gun could be this disappointing. But somehow, R.E.D. pulls it off.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 17, 2010

The truth is that I should be taking Red to task for a multitude of reasons, but the reality is exactly the opposite. Schwentke's opus isn't earth-shattering and it certainly won't change lives but I still had a great time watching it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2010

Proof, if more were needed, that the artistic collision between the aging baby boomers and their comic-book-obsessed progeny makes for some mighty strange, but not unentertaining, bedfellows.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 15, 2010

Much of the enjoyment comes from seeing these respected thespians so thoroughly embody cartoon characters; it's like Sidney Lumet directing Space Jam.

| Oct 15, 2010

You're never too old for mayhem.

| Original Score: B | Oct 15, 2010

What really works for Red is our shared history with the actors involved.

| Original Score: B- | Oct 15, 2010