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RED2 / Rated PG-13 for spy violence, language and suggestions that torture may be about to happen.
RED2 takes up a few months after RED (2010) left off. It’s the continuing saga of senior citizen spies. Mostly retired (the title stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous) they just want to get by playing bingo, eating out a lot and going to bed early. Unfortunately their checkered and violent pasts keep pulling them back into the James Bond game.
The main star is now 58 Bruce Willis. He shops at Costco and lives with his lovely younger wife, now 49 Mary-Louise Parker. BW’s best friend is again played by, now 59 John Malkovich. Now 68 Helen Mirren is the British female agent actually hired to assassinate her pal BW. Also out to get him is Kung Fu expert, now 43 Byung-hung Lee. You want to keep clear of this guy. Also back, is now 67 Brian Cox as a Russian cohort. Another Russian spyette added to the cast is, now 44 Catherine Zeta-Jones. Now 75 Oscar winning Sir Anthony Hopkins shows up in an important role. AH won his Oscar for his role as Hannibal Lecter. Brian Cox also played Hannibal Lecter in the evil characters first screen appearance. So you get two Hannibal’s for one price.
The story is a lightning paced James Bond extravaganza that travels from Costco to Paris, Moscow, and London. Canada locations fill in whenever possible. Big time action sequences, comedy, and all kinds of twists and turns keep everything in motion from end to end. Mary-Louise Parker also opened with a role in R.I.P.D. the same day as RED2. Unlike the two Hannibal Lecters you will have to pay separate admissions to see MLP twice.
RED, in 2010, also featured a small part featuring then 93 year old Ernest Borgnine who passed away in 2012 at the age of 95. He did act right to the end in 2012. Also missing from RED2 are, then 74 Morgan Freeman and, then 63 Richard Dreyfuss.
RED2 is one of the best films of the year so far. If they keep cranking out films this good, I, now 66 Karl Scott will be there. You, fill in age here, should be too.
Rated 3.3 out of 4.0 as of now.
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