RED was bad. Feel the seconds of your life running out of your body and onto the floor bad. Walk-out bad. This film was completely flat, under-written, and barely directed. Everyone except Karl Urban phoned in their performances. It wanted to be an action film but didn't have the guts to be violent. It wanted to be a comedy but didn't have the snappy dialogue or pace needed to elicit laughs. This film should have been a cross between Leon (aka The Professional) and Gross Pointe Blank. Instead it was more like a cross between The Dream Team and Kindergarten Cop. So, Producers, you think Helen Mirren with a sniper rifle can save a film? Maybe, but RED ain't that film.It's a shame this wasn't a better because the source material--a three-issue comic series by writer Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hamner--is a compact, nasty revenge story that zips along to its sad, inevitable conclusion.
RED, the comic, is worth seeking out. RED, the film is worth avoiding.
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