Grade: C-

The title of the movie RED refers to “Retired Extremely Dangerous.”  We first meet Bruce Willis, who seems to be a nice, sweet retired guy – maybe a little bored and restless.  When he single handedly knocks out a group of armed masked men who have invaded his home, we know there’s more to him than he’s let on.  Something is up, and he goes to his friends to help out.  Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, and other familiar faces rise to the occasion, solve a mystery, and save the world. It’s all very tongue-in-cheek – these are professionals, as actors and as characters.  Entertaining, but nothing we haven’t seen before.  A little long… or maybe it just seemed like it.