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Helen Mirren shooting guns in a Bruce Willis action comedy, a must see!

What's it about? A retired group of CIA agents who return to action to uncover why one of them is a target.

Cast: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Karl Urban.

Written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber

Soundtrack by Christophe Beck

Directed by Robert Schwentke

What I liked? Helen Mirren with bug guns! Willis getting out of the spinning car. Karl Urban!

What I didn't like? The lack of action!

Summary: I was a little disappointed in this, in the end, don't get me wrong it's great fun to watch. The cast is superb, and it was a blast to see Mirren shooting machine guns. Willis being his uber cool action hero, Urban proving he is a great action star in the making and Malkovich doing loopy so well. I liked Mary-Louise Parker as well, she was really good, just enough pep not to come off as a dizzy female caught up in the action, but enough innocence to make her character believable. Urban is going to be a major star, I have no doubt, he's brilliant in this.
Willis, Freeman and Malkovich are all superb, when they do get some screen time.
The reason I'm disappointed was the lack of action, I was expecting a bit more, and some of it was quite standard really, the highlight is Willis stepping out from the spinning car. Anyway aside this fault I did really enjoy it.

Overall funny, great cast shame about the action! (8/10)