Monday, September 16, 2013

Red 2 Review













Red 2


Release Date: 29th August 2013 - Australia


Production Companies
Summit Entertainment
DC Comics

Distribution
Hopstotch Films


Genre: Action/Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 116 minutes


Budget: $84,000,000

Box Office Gross: $148,075,565
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Retired C.I.A. agent 
Frank Moses reunites 
his unlikely team of 
elite operatives for a 
global quest to track 
down a missing 
portable nuclear 
device. (Source - IMDb)


Cast
Bruce Willis - Frank Moses
Helen Mirren - Victoria
Catherine Zeta-Jones - 
Miranda Wood
Mary-Louise Parker - Sarah
Ross
John Malkovich - Marvin Boggs
David Thewlis - The Frog
Anthony Hopkins - Dr. 
Edward Bailey
Byung-Hun Lee - Han Cho-Bai
Jong Kun Lee - Han's Father
Neal McDonough - Jack Horton
Garrick Hagon - Davis
Tim Pigott-Smith - Director Phillips
Brian Cox - Ivan
Philip Arditti - Arman
Mitchell Mullen - Wade
Martin Sims - Blackwell
Tristan D. Lalla - Vance
Khalid Laith - Al Said
Vlasta Vrana - General McKimmon
Tom Hodgkins - Snyder
Emma Heming Willis - Kelly

Crew
Director - Dean Parisot
Based on Comic Mini-Series
"Red" - Warren Ellis and Cully
Hammer
Screenplay - Jon & Erich Hoeber
Executive Producers - Jake Myers and David Ready
Producers - Lorenzo di
Bonaventura and Mark
Vahradian
Co-Producer - Alexander Dostal
Casting Directors - Deborah Aquila and Tricia Wood 
Production Designer - Jim Clay
Supervising Art Director - Dominic Masters
Art Directors - Andrew Ackland-Snow, 
Philip Elton, Matthew Gray, 
Phil Harvey and Emma Pucci
Director of Photography - Enrique Chediak
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Paul Jennings
Second Unit Director/Visual Effects Supervisor -
James Madigan
Special Effects Supervisor - Neil Corbould
Special Effects Supervisor: Canda - Ryal Cosgrove
Visual Effects Supervisors - Asregadoo Arundi
and Bruce Woloshyn
Visual Effects Supervisors: ILM - Grady Cofer
and Mohen Leo
Visual Effects Consultant - Page Buckner
Animation Supervisor - Raphael A. Pimentel
Film Editor - Don Zinnerman
Music - Alan Silvestri


Review
In a most enjoyable moment I had while taking a trip to the Blue Mountains, I went to a special movie place in Katoomba called The Edge Cinema and I was able to enjoy the biggest screen that was the same size as the screen from Sydney's IMAX. It was a huge attraction and an amazing experience of going to the Edge for the first time. I saw an action comedy movie called 'RED 2' and above all, it succeeds my expectations with all blends of action for first-rate action film shooters. The plot concept is perhaps underdeveloped and elementary, it was packed with humorous remarks that make the flick go all into a laughing matter. The old-timers from the predecessor have all once again returned to wreck havoc in this instalment, this includes actors like Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Mary Louise Parker. These stars are shed with wittiness and old charm; two of the newcomers for the sequel include Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones who are purely the stand-outs.

Not really ground-breaking or very structured, 'RED 2' is a tolerable film and partly provides a sensible humour for the average movie-goer. The best way for me to describe 'RED 2' is that it is a decent mid day movie that is not to be taken too seriously from action-fanatics. I would say that it has a low re-watch value.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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