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Last week, I suggested I take Cara to a movie for her birthday. However, I made a tactical error, and assumed that Tron came out last week. It didn’t. It comes out today. We thus had to pick another film, and ended up going to see Red.

I’m really glad we did, as I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise, and it was fantastic.

When I go in for an action movie, I want something that’s fun. Explosions and firefights are all well and good, but I don’t really want that attached to something that’s trying to be too “serious.” It doesn’t have to be Shoot ‘Em Up levels of crazy, but it has to know what it’s doing and it needs to have fun.

Red is designed, from the very beginning, to be fun. There are a few little emotional moments that don’t fall flat, such as a certain standoff in a secret, soundproof room. For the most part, though, the movie is all fun. The characters, besides the audience stand-in and love interest of Bruce Willis, are all badass but also not serious. They do nothing but kill. It’s what they do. Even these horrible odds really aren’t anything they haven’t seen before. As such, they don’t worry about it. They’re back in action. They’re having fun. That fun translates and goes right to the audience.

Seriously, everyone is badass. Even Morgan Freeman, who doesn’t really get into combat, perse, and is mostly just an informant, is completely and utterly badass. I especially liked the silly romance between Helen Mirren and Brian Cox. It’s sappy and saccrine, but the movie sells it. It makes sense to me that these assassins would want romances that are more pure and different, and that’s what they sell. It’s awesome.

The movie was awesome! I may even pick it up on DVD if I see it cheap. I hear it’s nothing like the comic, and that’s fair enough, but it is a blast to watch. I highly recommend it if you need a movie to see soon. It’s not getting much play here, only being in one tiny theater, but don’t let that stop you. Go for it. Enjoy it. I know I did.