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RED – Retired Extremely Dangerous
RED – Retired Extremely Dangerous
So, what would you expect from an American action film? CIA operatives, Russians, car chases/crashes, political figures, lots of shooting and killing, of course, this happens. All these factors will get an audience, and with Bruce Willis as our bad-ass occasionally killing lots of people, the movie punters will take notice.
The plot is passable but lightweight and plods along, but the narrative is a bit confusing. Our problem starts straight away as we wonder why the hard revered retired ex-CIA agent would take along a dizzy lady, who is a telephone operator, on his road trip. So initially, we are faced a bit of a bemused tone. This stretches the story’s base. It is compounded with the music and sound which actually evokes a comical angle to the film that continues with spouts of dance music in the background as certain objects get blown up. This notwithstanding being perpetuated with rock ‘n’ roll during fist fights, it all lends an ear or irony.
The dialogue is light-hearted although we have much carnage which purports to comic book style. You have to let reality escape you at times as you watch one guy shoot a gun whose bullet hits an oncoming rocket and explodes killing the lady who fired the rocket as much as the ex-CIA agent, actress Helen Mirren, who keeps watch on a house which is also being watched by many CIA surrounding the house and they do not notice her.
There is a plot in the movie and other lofty talents appear to help as ex-CIA agents, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman. We end up with a Hollywood type movie that lends itself to movie clichés and rehashed action that ends up like what Kick Ass did for superheroes. But don’t let this stop you as this could be all that you love in a movie!!
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To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar: A journey through American Society
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything
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At first glance, the main actors in this movie viewers would not expect the roles they have taken on. These relatively famous actors are Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze. Who? You say. They were famous in the nineties. So the surprise is, this movie has them dressed up in drag in a Thelma and Louise type road movie, of sorts. The fact about this movie is that they are not just transvestites; they go the whole hog to near on transsexual status where their persona and characters take on distinct female movements and nature. The movie begins by Vida aka Swayze and Noxema aka Snipes winning a New York drag queen competition and as a result, having a chance to win a national drag queen competition in Hollywood. Before they leave for Los Angeles, they bump into one of the losers, a certain South American transvestite named Chi Chi who is asked to join them. Here starts their road trip, at least until they realize they have no money, thus they sell their flight tickets to purchase a cheap beat-up Cadillac for their adventure.
