A silly action movie about retired CIA-types who become targeted for termination and then have to find out who is behind it (hint -- its a political figure). The main twist -- they are old. Stars: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovitch, Helen Mirren and . Based on a graphic novel by Warren Ellis.
The story: Moses (Willis) is a retured CIA-type who finds the current CIA has targeted him and others he knew for termination. He flirts with a girl on the phone about his pension checks (Parker), so of course he assumes they are after her too, and then he checks in with some other retired people so they can figure out what is going on and stop it.
Was it good?
Well...it was stupid. Kind of fun stupid, but still stupid. It's fun just seeing a lot of these people on the screen even if nothing that interesting is going on. The story is very by-the-numbers. There's nothing that is especially different or cool, except seeing Helen Mirren fire an automatic.
Honestly, while I don't mind these sorts of movies, they feel so empty that I wonder why the people bothered. I mean, sure for the actors it was probably fun, but for all the work that goes into making a movie, wouldn't you want something different, something cool, something memorable in it? None of the set pieces are memorable, none of the humor is anything special...to be honest by the end of the movie I had already forgotten most of the first half.
Still, it has a lot of comedy and doesn't do anything horribly wrong. I just can't see spending real money on it.
*** RENT (for a silly action popcorn flick) ***
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