The entire movie is a farce because the plot is about a team of former CIA agents coded RED (Retired but Extremely Dangerous) who's not ready to retire into oblivion yet. They group together to once again fight the evil government system which trained all of them.
The characters are all pretty strong in their own personalities - Bruce Willis as the tough guy turned romantic suitor; Brian Cox and Helen Mirren as the former CIA love birds who only now ironically reunite after their retirement; John Malkovich as the eccentric spy who lives underneath a car and is paranoid about everything and everbody who comes near him; and finally Morgan Freeman who kills his would-be murderer in a hospital where he's going through the last stage of liver cancer.
This movie is not a masterpiece, but it makes boomers feel good when the key message strikes home - retired experts are still better than their younger counterparts who are continually clumsy and outwitted by the older group of agents.
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