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Red 2, like the original Red, is not meant to be taken seriously. In many of my other reviews I come down hard for ridiculous plot lines and lack of believability, but this flick was never intended to be taken seriously on any level. It is a comical take on action/spy movies and so it matters not what liberties are taken.

If you enjoy Bruce Willis being Bruce Willis, you like non-stop action and you are in the mood for some mindless entertainment, it is worth a watch. No thinking required.

Personally, I enjoyed the original Red and I like watching the "old codgers" play it up on the action scene. Yes, Helen Mirren is certainly getting old, but she still exudes sex appeal (which has little to do with age or looks) and she is amazingly credible as an action hero. I'd love to see her star in some serious action/spy films.

Malkovich is his usual self and plays a small uninspired role. The surprise for me was Anthony Hopkins. He didn't have too much to do here, but more than I thought. He could have fluffed his way through a film like this, but he took the role as seriously as any other and his performance enhanced the film.

The humor in this one is not side splitting but it works. They could have hit us over the head with tired, old-timer gags but they were smart and didn't really go that route in this sequel. Overall, I have seen far, far worse in this genre.

Just remember this is an over-the-top kind of movie. It's not even close to a typical action comedy. This one has more unbelievable fights, gunfire, chases and general absurdities than five garden variety action flicks combined. I usually don't like super-action movies with nothing but explosions and bullets every two seconds, but in this film the action works and the light comedy keeps pace with it.

Watch Red 2 when you want to shut down your brain for a little while and relax with some good old American, explosive, violent, unapologetic, save-the-world, comedic entertainment.

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) and his retired but extremely dangerous operatives are back to face danger again. There's a nuclear threat to be snuffed out but things really could go either way...

It's pretty much more of the same really, which apparently hasn't been enough for some critics who wanted a different movie. It's not as if this is lazy, yes it's still Frank and his aged assassins fighting old age as well as an outside threat, but there's a flip-flop in plotting and the additions of Anthony Hopkins, Byung-hun Lee and Catherine Zeta-Jones are most welcome. It's also so nice to see the adorable Mary-Louise Parker get a substantial part this go around, while Helen Mirren (still sexy and gorgeous in her late 60s) is delightfully sociopathic!

Red 2 is full to the brim with acting talent who are in on the fun joke of it all. Action is never in short supply and the pace is never allowed to sag by director Dean Parisot. The characters remain strong thanks to the screenplay (Jon and Erich Hoeber) and the airy humour is consistent and keeps the violence grounded. Basically, this is a hugely enjoyable ball of action based froth. 7/10

My quick rating - 7,1/10. The over the hill spies are at it again. The first movie was thoroughly enjoyable and I have to say this sequel is on par with the first. Quality action scenes edited together very well to keep the motion going without getting lost. Actors put in enough character to drive the spy-game storyline through enough to make you care about it and not just sit back and watch guns blaze. Anthony Hopkins character was exceptionally well done and was a needed jolt into the flick for sure. It is a rare occasion that you can say the sequel may have been better then the first but.....

Well, I will have to let you decide that one. All and all a well made picture.

This film is about the missions of a bunch of retired ex-spies who are still extremely dangerous.

It's refreshing to have an action comedy! It's not easy to have all the killings and explosions happening, and yet maintaining a light hearted and fun tone. "Red 2" succeeds again in reaching the balance, making it enjoyable and fun. There are many cool scenes such as Helen Mirren firing guns with both hands towards opposite directions from a car. Mary Louise Parker's character is also fun, she seems not to know how to do anything but she is still so cool and funny. It's nice to see an action film having a big female presence, it's such a pleasant change. All the characters I enjoyed watching "Red 2", and maybe there will be another sequel?

Red 2 is a good movie with a reasonably well developed storyline and a terrific cast. It's a lot of fun, simple as that, the whole cast seem to be enjoying themselves and because of that I had a fun time watching it, it's a lot funnier than the original, does not take itself as seriously, much lighter on character development. The story is very simple and straight forward, but a star studded cast that includes Bruce Willis, John Malcovich, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins make this a very enjoyable two hours. I did feel the story was really lacking in depth, it just seems to move along piece by piece, no moment is really significant or gratifying for the audience, it never tried to make this sequel stand out on its own. I did not enjoy the love issues which erupt between Frank and Sarah as a result of Catherine Zeta-Jones' character, it all felt very forced and created an annoying persona for Mary Louise Parker, making her nowhere near as cool as or likable as she was in the original, she was a strong character then, here she is simply a love interest. It certainly has its flaws but Red 2 mostly makes up for it with its pure fun and optimistic cast, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good action or comedy.

A retired secret agent and his girlfriend get dragged in to a race to find a nuclear bomb.

Best Performance: Anthony Hopkins

If you liked the first RED, and understood what it was and what is wasn't, you should be completely entertained by RED 2. We were lucky enough to see an advanced showing before the naysayers started spreading their naying and we walked out of the theater last night laughing, quoting, and discussing the movie - always a good sign! This is not a movie that needs to be over-analyzed... as my husband said, "It was exactly what I was hoping it would be." which is, more interesting characters played by top notch well-known actors getting into all kinds of far-out situations. Great lite summer fare and we will definitely be re-watching this one again when it hits the premium cable channels (just like we have with RED).

The retired CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is in love with Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker) and enjoying their normal life in two. Out of the blue, Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich) meets Frank in the supermarket and tells that the Wikileaks has released the information that they had participated and know the whereabouts of the Nightshade, a portable nuclear weapon that was smuggled in pieces and hidden in Russia. Now the top agents on the world are under contract to seek them out to know where Nightshade is.

The trio travels to Paris and teams-up with the Russian Katja (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to track down the former Russian Agent The Frog (David Thewlis) to get more information about the operation. They learn that the brilliant inventor Dr. Edward Bailey (Anthony Hopkins) might know where the weapon is. They discover that Bailey has been interned in an asylum in London by the MI-16 for thirty-two years and the British Victoria (Helen Mirren) joins the team. They rescue Bailey and find that the nuclear device is hidden in the Kremlin. Soon the dangerous South Korean Han (Byung-hun Lee) joins the group expecting to retrieve the weapon. But the dangerous killer Jack Horton (Neal McDonough) is hunting Frank down and will not stop until he recovers the nuclear bomb.

"Red 2" is the sequel of "Red" that keeps the same level of entertainment of the first movie. The plot is full of action and humor and works perfectly, supported by a stellar cast and magnificent locations. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Red 2: Aposentados e Ainda Mais Perigosos" ("Red 2: Retired and Still More Dangerous")

All you can eat action,car chases, explosions, old timers fun, traveling across Europe and the US.Bruce Willis is Bruce Willis and John Malkovich is John Malkovich.Great actors, having fun in this action thriller that will not keep you on the edge of the chair,yet will put a smile and occasional laugh on you face.As one tries to compare to the original,some feelings of disappointment may crawl your thoughts.With that said this great team with Helen Mirren and others are great fun for almost 2 hours of CIA/MI6/KGB/FBI playing as well unorganized orchestra together and one against each other.No one better than Anthony Hopkins to cast to his specific role.He is brilliant!

This was a very enjoyable film. The story continues with the retired - and more dangerous than anybody else - agents. Frank and his comrades find themselves treading all over the globe and finding conflict at each stop.

If you haven't seen the first film, you can still enjoy this piece. You won't understand all of the relationships immediately, but the story stands on its own. And it does a very good job at that.

The movie was so much fun. It had clever and well-thought out jokes throughout the film. The jokes kept coming and were very skillfully timed.

The action was thrilling. Along with the jokes, non-stop action to get your blood pumping filled this film. They kept the same feel of cool, unreasonable stunts and explosions from the first movie, but they also added a lot more hand-to-hand combat, which was still very amusing to watch and excellently choreographed.

The acting was great and the story was well-written with actual twists. The soundtrack and sound effects made all the guns and explosions that much more convincing and enjoyable.

This film had a much higher body count than the last one, but still managed to keep it pretty light-hearted. If you liked the first one, this film will not disappoint. If you haven't seen the first one it's still very entertaining to watch.

While it retains a good deal of the quirky, deadpan humor and ups the action ante, this second entry still feels inconsequential compared to the first one. Part of this is due to the complicated plot, which feels episodic and is filled with a few twists and alliance changes too many. If the goal was to top the first one in terms of ridiculous and cartoon-y action, then bravo they succeeded. However, this also feels like a hollow attempt at outdoing what worked so well about the first one. Whereas the first one was understated and spent some time developing the characters (to a degree), this throws a lot of that out of the window and goes for a full-on explosion and shoot-out fest. Still the movie is entertaining, and the cast seem like they're having fun with the material. Too bad the material wasn't a little better, because this feels like a missed opportunity despite the enjoyable thrills.

Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Bruce Willis, Catherine Zeta Jones and Brian Cox; what a cast.... yet it's just a better version of Expendables and with better actors.

It is a very enjoyable film; it has great action scenes, the plot is solid and it has some very good performances. Anthony Hopkins is great; his role as Bailey is almost like Hannibal Lecter on happy pills. Helen Mirren is excellent yet again as the vicious Victoria and Mary-Louise Parker does well again as Sarah. However Bruce Willis does, at points, come across uncomfortably unconvincing; yet he's good in other parts of the film. I am unfortunately losing hope in his ability; we are a million miles away from a certain John McClane. I think John Malkovich is a superb actor, but the dialogue and material he was given didn't match his acting skills.

As i said it is basically a better version of Expendables, but instead of a cast full of over the top, cheeseball actors, you have Oscar winners and fully fledged stars. And of course an actual plot. It will be interesting to see who hops aboard the train for the likely completion of the trilogy.

6/10

If you liked the first RED, you will like this second in the series. Trust me on this. It was funny, witty, snappy, lively, sarcastic, engrossing and entertaining. I literally walked out of the movie trying to figure out what stick the critics have up their butts, since it was IN NO WAY inferior to the first film. Period. Now, you could quibble with the first film, if you want, but you could quibble with almost any movie. You could complain about inconsistencies, impossibilities, character schtick, etc. etc. etc. But none of those were significant problems in the first, and none of them are problems in the second.

It is fun, escapist entertainment that is a very worthy successor to the original. So please feel free to see this movie. And enjoy it.

Frank (Bruce Willis) loves the settled suburban life, but girlfriend Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker) pines for the exciting action. Marvin (John Malkovich) drops by complaining that Frank hasn't killed anybody in months. Before Marvin could convince Frank to return, he gets killed or did he?

Helen Mirren returns, and this time adds on Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Neal McDonough. But it's Mary-Louise Parker's comic timing that drives the movie. There was a taste of it in the first movie, but this time around, she's able to be front and center for the whole movie. Her character's need to get action drives Frank crazy, and drives the movie from a simple blow'em up actionrama. She is funny, and she has a great chemistry with the stoic Frank. Their chemistry was the best thing in the first movie, and is still the best thing in this movie.

Some have suggested that Red2 is better than Red. However, I had the opposite reaction. I was hoping for an intelligent script interlaced with some good humor. For me, Red2 had neither. Rather, it focused on an endless parade of unrealistic car chases, gun fights, hand-to-hand combat and pyrotechnics. If that's your recipe for a good movie, you'll enjoy Red2. However, if you're looking for a thoughtful, sophisticated crime drama with originality, Red2 is not for you. It simply serves up a huge plate of the same action clichés you've seen numerous times before. Plus, it's a shame that the acting talents of Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins were wasted on Red2. There are no surprises here. Red2 is quite predictable. You won't be sitting on the edge of your seat.

RED = 'Retired: Extremely Dangerous' (sounds like me). In 2010, "RED" earned twice what it took to make, so I guess a sequel was inevitable and three years later fans of the first - which included this particular one-time agent - will enjoy the second.

Like all sequels, it's a mixture of the old (and most of them are old) gang and some newcomers, so Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox and Mary-Louise Parker reprise their roles (Mirren is great and has a wonderful line about being the Queen of England), while arrivals included Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones and South Korean Byung-hun Lee.

This constellation of stars is combined with heavy weaponry and light humour in a plot that is puerile (something about red mercury - don't ask) and peripatetic (bouncing between London, Paris and Moscow - although the studio work was shot in Canada). It's not James Bond or Jason Bourne but it gives older actors and viewers plenty of fun.

The first RED movie was one over the top extravaganza of old talent. It was delicious to see the actors you love play it out like nothing matters, just for the fun of it. The story was impossible, but you didn't really care, because it was funny and entertaining as hell.

RED 2 is more serious, with at least two villains (if you discount the Iranians from the embassy, who are OK to kill in droves just because they're Iranians) and some real dramatic scenes. It continues to be silly, but I felt like there needed to be more in order for it to be funny as well.

The new additions to the roster are good, starting with sir Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, but also some of the younger actors like Byung Hun Lee and Mary-Louise Parker. Well, perhaps not Parker. Somehow her character was badly drawn and she was playing it all like she was still in Weeds.

So, my conclusion is that this was a more digestible movie than the first RED, but also less faithful to the spirit of the franchise, as I understood it.

In a time where there are countless action movies we can always count on Bruce Willis to deliver. Following in the footsteps of "Red" Willis and company keep the laughs and action alive in this sequel. Malkocich is timely in his delivery as Marvin the wacked-out nutjob, Mirren is a gracious as ever and beautiful to no bounds as Victoria the MI-6 femme- fatale, Louise Parker delivers a spark of humor and sexiness as a plain Jane to Zeta Jones as the Russian Diva. I found Anthony Hopkins to be brilliant as ever as the witty, charismatic but unrelentless victim/villain. A profound film that just has an ensemble cast that makes the entire film fun to watch. I would surely recommend this to many for an afternoon feature or a fun evening. Granted the stunts and explosions are wild and far fetched but that is why we love cinema.

Red 2 is about what you would expect of this summertime actioner. If you saw the first Red movie you know exactly what to expect. Big name actors and lots of cool action scenes. Speed, chases, guns, etc. Bruce Willis does his thing as Frank and the supporting cast around him all do their things too. There's really not much to say without giving away any of the plot. I read a bad review but this isn't a bad film, it's just your typical don't-think-too-much action summer blockbuster. It will make a lot of money probably. I enjoyed it and my friends enjoyed it. It's better than most stuff we saw this summer like that bore fest World War Z, which was so disappointing.

Maybe a bit wiser though. We get some new characters in this, a bit of a typecasting takes place, but it does pick up where the first one left off. Did you like the first one? If you remember it and the mix of fun and action, try to imagine this amping it up a bit. Bruce Willis is most charismatic, when he is with his back against the wall, something the movie is very aware of.

It's also nice, that we get even more female power in this one, instead of them just hiding. There was some of that in part one, but it's another one that is amped up. It's still all PG-13 and that is more than OK, you don't need this to go overboard, because it might have lost it's touch with the comedy part

RED 2 equals or even surpasses RED! This is a movie for people who enjoy sitting back and being entertained by fancy camera work, a story that has a plausible plot, smart dialog (Jon and Erich Hoeber), astute direction (Dean Parisot), and most of all a cast of some of cinema's finest actors who look like they are having such a great time you don't want the at times rather silly movie to end.

The plot, twisted and turned now and then just to keep us glued, is simple that of a retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) who reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. The team includes John Malkovich (absolutely hilarious role for him), Mary-Louise Parker (often stealing the show), Helen Mirren (gorgeous as ever and having the time of her life knocking off just about everybody who gets in her way). The other folks who are on varying sides of the law (nobody really plays by the rules) include Anthony Hopkins (in stellar form), Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Thewlis, Brian Cox, Byung-hun Lee (in a brilliantly choreographed martial arts role and the physique to match), Neal McDonough, and Tim Pigott-Smith among others.

No, it is not deep, but it is silly and funny and entertaining and an exceptionally good time. This cast deserves an ensemble award! Grady Harp, November 13

In 2010 the spy action-comedy RED about a group of retired spies being targeted by the CIA was sleeper hit and was enjoyed by critics and audiences alike. A sequel was commissioned and we got an enjoyable enough continuation, even if critics did not like it.

Ex-CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) and his girlfriend Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker) are living a quiet suburban life, even if Sarah is bored by it. After their friend Marvin (John Malkovich) fakes his own death, Frank ends up incarnated he becomes the target of Jack Horton (Neal McDonough), an American black-ops officer who has Carte Blanche to do anything he wants. Frank and Marvin soon finds out a document about a join British-American operation, Nightshade, a plot to smuggle a nuclear weapon into Moscow has been leaked onto Wikileaks and seen Frank, Marvin and Sarah are forced onto a mission around London, Paris and Moscow. On their tails is Horton, Han Cho-Bai (Byung-hun Lee), the world's best assassin and a Russian agent, Katya (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who easily changes sides.

RED 2 is not as good as the original film, but it is enjoyable and does not deserve some of the negative reaction it has received. RED 2 does go through some of the plot points of the first film and this is a sequel that feels it needs to be bigger, using a more international plot. RED 2 continues what works with the first film, Willis being a badass, Mirren doing awesome things with guns and Malkovich being wacky (but at least he is competent). The series also sees two good new additions, Zeta-Jones and Lee, thought Lee was underused.

One area of improvement is the villain. A problem with RED was the main villain played by Richard Dreyfuss was basically a very unsubtle Dick Cheney like character. Anthony Hopkins was an upgrade. The stakes were higher, his character was much more eccentric and he had much better motivation. Karl Urban does not return to the series, so McDonough came in his place. Urban had a better character because he was a man simply doing his job, but McDonough does make up for it when he is in full scumbag mode and Lee does offer a physical threat.

RED had a very simple premise of an old skool CIA agent being targeted for assassination by his old agency, leading him to show the new guys a lesson. RED 2 expands with many more factions at play, a black ops division of the American Intelligence system, MI6, the Russians and a freelance assassin. At times the film does struggle to give these characters the screen time they deserved, particularly Lee who was underused and it would have been better if he worked closer to the Americans. This is also a film that sees a number of potential international incidents that would throw the world into chaos if any of this stuff really did happen.

Like the original RED, RED 2 is a full out and out comedy, and offers more chuckles then full laughs. It is the action where RED 2 wins out, allowing Willis to do what he does best and we get shoot-outs, car chases and fist fights. There is a comic twist to the car chase in Paris as we get two cars chasing the same vehicle in Paris, even having a double reference of For Your Eyes Only and The Bourne Identity. There are also references to Mission Impossible III and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, even the plot of RED 2 has some similarities to MIGP. RED 2 does have solid shoot outs and car chases, but the fist fights are little too over edited.

Dean Parisot of Galaxy Quest fame takes over the directing duties from Robert Schwentke. Parisot is a strong replacement, he keeps RED 2 going at a fast pace even with the longer running time and keeps the same look of the first films, whilst being his own moments of flair, such as the use of comic book art.

RED 2 is a fun ride of a film and a solid continuation of a good predecessor. It delivers what you want, good action, Bruce Willis being Bruce Willis and offering us a light hearted romp. But I cannot see there being much room for a second sequel.

Disclaimer: If you are a viewer that mainly prefers art-house-type movies, then you might as well ignore this review. In addition, if you're not able to take an action packed comedy sequels filled with humor than ignore this review, as well. We'll both be better off.

Red 2 (2013) in my opinion is a good movie as the first one, but I still prefer the first movie better than this. The first time I saw it, I thought it was okay. But than again watching both movies separately on Blu-ray I realized I love the first one much better than this one. I like this movie not love just like. But the things that bothered me was this movie was time by time boring unlike the first one. I just got really tired and bored watching it for 2.hrs. You have now a new additions on the cast Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun Lee & Neal McDonough and director Robert Schwentke was replaced by new director Dean Parisot. Karl Urban was replaced by Byung Hun Lee who played Storm Shadow in both G.I. Joe flicks. I was little upset that Karl Urban was replaced and he wasn't in this movie. Still I think Byung Hun Lee did an excellent job in this movie. Everyone in this movie does a great job.

John Malkovich did an outstanding job playing repressing his role back again as Marvin Boggs and the were full of laughs in it. The story was great and the action was good. I still love the new characters in this, Anthony Hopkins as two face person did a convincing job and believable acting, I seriously love the twist on the end of the movie. Anthony Hopkins Is amazing in this film, the role is perfect and the accent just makes it so awesome, the most bad ass villain ever. The humor in this movie is good, the face off between good and evil is good. The story works and you keep guessing what will be next. Mary-Louise Parker as Sarah Ross is even more hotter than she was in the first movie and a little more sexy than ever. She is gorgeous and does a lot of spy stuff in here, she is like Lucy she wants to do everything in this movie. The movie is really funny and entertaining. I know a lot of people prefer this one over the first one, even my friend told me this one is better. I will still stay by my own opinion and I will always enjoy Red more than Red 2 sorry fans. It is an entertaining movie, Catherine Zeta Jones character was flat, but it served the B story. Mirren-Cox couple was down right cute, John Malkovich was hilarious again, Mary-Louise Parker great, learning the spy trade was slap stick funny, Byung-hun Lee did a good job at being the serious funny and Anthony Hopkins is always good. the action was believable good, the spy stuff was believable good and the chemistry worked.

In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they' will need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world—and stay alive in the process. It is still good movie not the best or that great but still good full action packed enjoyable flick to watch!

Overall: It is a good action packed fun excellent movie with the twists around, great action scenes, great cast and just great acting. The Acting in this movie is very realistic and outstanding performed from all the actors in here. I like how different these action movies are , they are cheesy but also have some brains to the plot and the characters , Bruce Willis being one of my favorites , I always liked the concept of old veteran people still teaching the young bunch how its done. Red 2 is as good as the first one with it's original cast returning again and kicking ass all over the place, just without Morgan Freeman and my favorite all time actor Karl Urban! Red 2 is the same level as Red 1 but still good one it is a good time, it does kind a little drag one, this one does feel a bit longer than the first one but still good. I am giving it a 9 which is A- for me because there wasn't Karl Urban in it.

Red 2 is 2013 American action comedy film and sequel to Red (2010). It was inspired by the limited comic book series of the same name, created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage.

9/10 Score: A- Studio: Summit Entertainment, Di Bonaventura Pictures, DC Entertainment Starring: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-hun Lee, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren Director: Dean Parisot Screenplay: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber Based on Red by Warren Ellis Cully Hamner Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 1 Hr. 56 Mins. Budget: $84.000.000 Box Office: $148,075,565

In this sequel to the hugely impressive first film, our crack team of RED (Retired, Extremely Dangerous operatives) find themselves on a mission to track down a nuclear bomb. All our operatives know is that the operation behind this bomb is simply known as 'Project Nightshade' and our team find themselves travelling to Paris, Moscow & London to try to discover more about 'Project Nightshade' and also to determine who has masterminded this project. To make matters worse for the RED team, they find out that they are being pursued by Han Cho Bai (Byung-Hun Lee) who is an ace contract killer who is being paid by the Americans to kill Moses and the RED team also have the Russian Counter Intelligence lead by Katja (Zeta Jones) who are also very keen to get their hands on this nuclear device.

I'll be the first to admit that I absolutely loved the first RED film and having only watched that film about 12 months ago I knew after watching it that a sequel was already being worked on. Naturally, I was eager to see it and I must admit that it was good, but like many sequels it does suffer the typical fate of 'not being as good as the original'.

What's interesting about this film is that whilst there are funny moments in the film, the majority of the funny scenes didn't stem from the one person who I expected them to stem from (namely John Malkovich). He was the funny one and the 'scene stealer' in the first film, but I found the majority of the laughs came from Moses' girlfriend Sarah (Mary Louise Parker). Marvin decided to include her in the mission (much to Moses' annoyance) and the team found that more often than not she became a hindrance rather than a help - this is due to the fact that she is the only member of the team that is a 'civilian'. Although her ineptness does cause the team problems, she also proves useful at times as well. This actually made her a much more useful asset than the team imagined. I'm not disappointed that Malkovich wasn't the 'show stopper' but more surprised. I believe that they gave Parker a larger and more humorous role to develop her character more and give her more to do so again this isn't a criticism, it's just it took me a little by surprise. Malkovich is still funny, but not quite as much as he was in the first film.

Then we come to the acting; Willis and Malkovich were both great as were Mirren and Parker. However, for me, the stand out performance was Anthony Hopkins. The guy is just in a different league to everyone else involved in this film. Even though he only features in the second half of the film, I found that it was his performance that made the most impact.

What let this film down slightly is that there weren't as many laughs as there were in the first film. I remember laughing regularly when watching the first film as opposed to laughing now and again in this sequel. The story is predictable for the most part, although it was still reasonably engaging. It's not as good as the first film, but it still has enough funny moments and action to keep fans of the first film, and of the genre as a whole happy. The anime cut scenes were a nice touch, but I'm not sure what the point of these scenes were?

Final thoughts; good film with enough laughter and action to make it a watchable film. If you like the first film, then you should enjoy this film. For some strange reason, I have a feeling that this won't be the last RED film that we will see on our screens.

I saw the first one and thought, hey, the first one was "okay", maybe they fixed what was wrong and this might actually be a decent movie.

Boy was I wrong. This movie made very little sense from start to finish. It was one of those movies where you were sitting there wondering when it might possibly end and put us out of out misery...I wish I had gotten up for a refund rather than sitting there hoping this train wreck might turn itself around. Sadly, it never happened...

I mean c'mon Hollywood, do you really think movie goers want to see no character development, no storyline and just a bunch of misused star power? It makes me sad that such great talent is utterly wasted on junk like this. A note to all the big name actors in this film. Protect your reputation from bad writing! You don't want to lose everything you have worked for by staring stuff like this. Your acting was fine, it's the writing that was awful!

RED2 wins the award as the hands-down worst movie of the Summer in my book. I'm not going anywhere near a 3rd movie for sure! Blah!