MOVIE REVIEW - Red 2

You may remember a couple years ago, the action comedy Red.  It was the fictional story of aging CIA, FBI, and MI6 agents fighting crime on a global scale.  

Red starred Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Catherine  Zeta-Jones Antony Hopkins and Mary Louise Parker.   And guess what?  They are all back in this one.  In fact, there is not a whole lot of difference in the entire project.  There is a bit more action in this installment and being honest I'm not sure that's a good thing.   As the first one, this is an action movie for an older audience. And that's fine.

This time two of our agents are being framed on an international scale as a bogus Internet report sets up two American CIA agents saying they planted a secret nuclear weapon in 1979 in the center of Moscow during the Cold War.  As the killing contracts are then issued for them by the Americans, the British, and the Russians, they try to clear their names by getting to the bottom of this erroneous report.  Our story takes us all over the world for resolution.  The original had a bunch of fun humor that really picked up the pace, and helped make the case this was really not a serious movie, and gave us all a good laugh.   Same here.

But overall this is very much the same movie as the original with the same humor, and long action sequences that are unreal.  But there is one big difference.  Mary Louise Parker is really funny.   She plays the very naive Sarah who is now the girlfriend of the Willis character.  She is NOT a federal agent, and has no clue what he really does for a living. 

This move needs this performance so badly, it would be a wash without it.  Her comedic timing is sensational, and her physical comedy, especially facially is wonderful.  She is the savior of this script.  In a movie where there is nothing really new, the further development of her character and her performance is stellar.  She is worth the price of a ticket this summer, as she has saved two movies out right now. This one and RIPD.  RIPD is really not good, but she is.

Red 2.  Movie - ehh.   Parker?  Great!