Film: RED 2

Director: Dean Parisot
Genre: Action
Source: USA (2013)
Rating: PG-13
Location/Format: Glynn Place Stadium Cinemas
Grade: D+

For what's supposed to be a nonstop thrill ride, this movie was really flat and unenthusiastic. At times Mary-Louise Parker seemed like she was having fun, and Byung-hun Lee was pretty solid, but the whole movie just seemed really . . . unoriginal.

In fact, for the first time in years I nodded off in the theater.

I don't know, maybe it seemed like it was trying too hard to be some sort of Bourne/Bond blend (with senior citizens), but it pretty much failed. Bruce Willis looked like he'd rather be doing something else, and John Malcovich is pretty successfully a parody of John Malkovich. There are lots of cameos, and some work, but some don't. Plus the whole plot was pretty much a mishmash of scenes from other, better movies.

Don't bother.

Alternate Film Title: "You'd Rather Watch Ocean's 11 Again"