Frank Moses (Willis) is a retired hardcore spy who is so bored with his new life that he purposely destroys his pension checks just so he has an excuse to call Sarah (Parker) who is his representative at the pension office. Things get unboring very quickly however, when, in one of the most spectacular displays of excessive on screen violence, a team of unknown assassins, for unknown reasons, kills his house. You'll know what I mean when you see it. Sarah being the only person he has frequent contact with, Frank is fearful for her life so kidnaps her for her own safety, dragging her along as he tracks down his old acquaintances for help. The team includes his mentor Joe (Freeman), deadly sniper Victoria (Mirren), and the paranoid and slightly insane (years of LSD will do that to a person) Marvin (Malkovich).
The motley five uncover a conspiracy involving the Vice President of the United States (McMahon) and the CIA and of course work together to bring it to light and prevent them all from being killed. Along the way they do lots of action oriented things while throwing in some witty remarks.
There are no surprises here. What you get is what you expect - a rollicking action comedy with lots of both, staring some older favorites, and featuring enough of a coherent plot that you don't feel brain cells dying off whilst watching it. The whole cast is in great form and there is nary a boring moment. It's not a movie you will be talking about years to come, but there is no denying that it is a heck of a lot of fun to watch.
**** (4/5 stars)
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