RED (2010)

It's divisive. Only 68% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 66%.

After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters. Wikipedia ↗

RED is a 2010 American action comedy directed by Robert Schwentke, based on the DC Comics limited series by Warren Ellis. Bruce Willis stars as Frank Moses, a retired CIA black ops agent living a mundane suburban existence, whose peaceful retirement is shattered when a hit squad shows up at his home. Forced to reassemble his old team — including Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich as a paranoid conspiracy theorist, and Helen Mirren as an elegant assassin — Frank must uncover who wants them dead and why.

The film's primary pleasure was watching respected, award-winning actors joyfully embrace action-comedy mayhem — Helen Mirren firing a machine gun in an evening dress became the film's signature image. John Malkovich's hilariously paranoid Marvin, who was fed LSD daily for eleven years as a CIA experiment, was a comedic highlight. RED earned $199 million worldwide on a $58 million budget.

The film was praised for its entertaining execution of its genre formula.