Yeah, we’re as surprised as you are, but we are really digging the vibe of the upcoming adaptation of Warren Ellis’ comic book “Red.”
The film follows Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), a retired black-ops CIA agent who finds that his former bosses are trying to kill him. Scrambling to survive and to protect the woman he loves (Mary Louise-Parker), he reassembles his old team (Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, who is at his free-wheeling eccentric best) for the inevitable one last job…
Directed by Robert Schwentke and rounded out by Brian Cox, Karl Urban, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine and Julian McMahon, the film is light on its toes, and seems to manage the balance of comedy and action that similarly themed misfires like “The Losers” and “The A-Team” failed to achieve earlier this year. Yeah, we do like good popcorn movies, and this just might be a great one for the fall. And frankly, it looks so enjoyable we wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out be a bigger-than-expected hit for Summit; the trailers at least seem to be hitting all the right notes.
“Red” opens on October 15th.