Summary
Bruce Willis' popular 2010 action movie is one of his best action franchises afterDie Hard. Willis remains one of the biggest stars in Hollywood history, having appeared in some of the most iconic movies ever made, such asQuentin Tarantino’sPulp Fiction, M. Night Shyamalan’sThe Sixth Sense, and Frank Miller’sSin City. Willis has maintained his status as a staple of the modern action genre through hiswidely celebratedDie Hardfranchise, which began with the celebrated 1988 original directed by John McTiernan. Willis' most recent action flick was2023’sAssassinby director Jesse Atlas.
Willis announced his retirement from actingin 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia, a neurological condition that directly affects brain functions such as language and comprehension. While it is unlikely that Willis will return to acting, recent health updates from his family have confirmed positive signs in his treatment, which does at least leave the door open.Willis has starred in nearly 150 films and television series throughout his careerafter initially getting uncredited roles inThe First Deadly Sin(1980) andThe Verdict(1982).Die Hardmade Willis an international phenom and led to his lead role in another action franchise,Red.
Bruce Willis' Red Is Trending On Netflix – What The 2010 Action Movie & Franchise Is About
The Bruce Willis film combines fun elements of action, thriller, and comedy
Redfeatures an absolutely stacked cast that also stars Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, and John Malkovich.
The 2010 Bruce Willis action movieRedis currently trending on Netflix. As of the time of writing,Redis ranked 8th in the Top 10 Movies List on Netflix in the United States.Redfeatures an absolutely stacked cast that also stars Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, and John Malkovich. Willis plays Frank Moses inRed, a former CIA operative who becomes a CIA target for knowing too many of of the covert agency’s top secrets. He discovers thathis CIA file is labeled as R.E.D., which is an abbreviation for Retired Extremely Dangerous, and tries to stop the operation in its tracks.
Frank calls up his former CIA associates, Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich), and Victoria (Helen Mirren) to help get the target off his back only to realizethey are all considered R.E.D. and together must go rogue. This pulls Frank out of his quiet and bored retired life in suburbia and gets him back into the heat of the action. Karl Urban plays a young CIA operative named William Cooper who is assigned by his supervisor Cynthia Wilkes (Rebecca Pidgeon) to take out Frank. The film combines fun elements of action, thriller, and comedy and inspired a sequel that was released in 2013.
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Red Is Still One Of Bruce Willis' Highest-Rated Action Movies On Rotten Tomatoes
Red earned a 72% Rotten Tomatoes score from both critics and audiences
Redis still considered one of Bruce Willis' highest-rated action movies of his career. The film earned a 72% Rotten Tomatoes score from both critics and audiences, which makes it one of Willis' most universally celebrated action films. This is higher than Die Hard 2’s RT critic score of 69% and Die Hard with a Vengeance’s 59%. Additionally,Redalso performed well at the box office,earning a worldwide total of $199 million against a production budget of $58 million. For all these reasons,Redis situated as one of his best recent action franchises afterDie Hardand M. Night Shyamalan’sUnbreakabletrilogy.
Critics were mostly positive about Red.The Hollywood Reporterwrote, “Although tailor-made for genre fans, it benefits from flavors of humor and romance that keep its appeal from being fanboy-only.“Time Outwrote in their 3-star review, “There’s fun to be had watching Willis and Parker banter, and listening to Malkovich toss off arrhythmically timed one-liners.“However, some top critics were less than impressed.Legendary film criticRoger Ebertwrote, “RED is neither a good movie nor a bad one. It features actors we like doing things we wish were more interesting.”
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Redwas actually inspired by a limited comic book seriesof the same name written by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. The premise was certainly strong enough to make a strong film with a star-studded cast and the box office success of earned it a sequel in 2013. Unfortunately,Red 2received more negative reviews from critics than the original movie did and also grossed less money at the box office, earning $148 million worldwide against a much higher production budget of $84 million. TheRedsequel even added Anthony Hopkins into the mix but it wasn’t enough to round out the trilogy.
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Loosely based on the comic series of the same name, RED tells the story of a former CIA black ops agent who rallies his team back together for one last mission: eliminating the assassin who is out to kill him.
