Red 2 (film)
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Directed by | Dean Parisot |
Screenplay by | Jon Hoeber Erich Hoeber |
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Cinematography | Enrique Chediak |
Edited by | Don Zimmerman |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
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Distributed by | Summit Entertainment[1] (through Lionsgate[2]) |
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Running time | 116 minutes[3] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $84 million[2] |
Box office | $148.1 million[2] |
Red 2 is a 2013 American
Plot
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Three years after the events of the previous film, ex-CIA operative Frank Moses tries to lead a normal life with girlfriend Sarah Ross. He dismisses Marvin Boggs’ claims that enemies are still after them; Marvin drives off and his car explodes. Although Frank is unconvinced Marvin is dead, Sarah convinces him to attend Marvin's funeral where he delivers a tearful eulogy. Government agents interrogate Frank at an
Marvin explains he and Frank have been targeted as members of Operation Nightshade, a clandestine operation during the Cold War to smuggle a nuclear weapon into Russia. Horton convinces international agencies that Frank and his associates are terrorists on the run. Frank’s old ally Victoria notifies him that she has been contracted by MI6 to kill the fugitives. Another top contract killer, Han Cho-Bai, is also hired, seeking revenge against Frank.
Frank, Marvin, and Sarah steal Han's plane and fly to
The Frog gives them the key to his security box, which Katja takes after drugging Frank; Marvin, anticipating her double-cross, provided Frank with a similar key to give her. Marvin, Frank, and Sarah search the box themselves and find documents pointing to physicist Dr. Edward Bailey as the creator of the Nightshade bomb. They discover Bailey is alive, held for thirty-two years in a maximum security asylum for the criminally insane in London. Victoria, alerted by Marvin, ambushes the trio, but helps fake their deaths and infiltrate the asylum. They find the hyperactive Bailey, incapacitated by mind-fogging drugs, and bring him to Marvin’s safehouse, where Bailey detoxes and remembers the location of the bomb.
In Moscow, Bailey concludes he hid the bomb in the
Sarah seduces the Iranian ambassador and takes him hostage. Marvin poses as a potential defector, causing a diversion in the embassy that allows the team to enter disguised as plumbers. They learn the bomb’s location, but Bailey has already triggered the timer and killed Horton (revealing that he wants revenge upon the entire 'espionage community' for their roles in locking him up and apparently killing his family). Bailey takes Sarah hostage and flees to Han’s plane to escape the imminent explosion. Frank, Marvin, Victoria, and Han give chase, but Marvin’s attempts to disarm the suitcase bomb cause the timer to count down even faster. Frank boards the plane and confronts Bailey with the suitcase; he forces Frank to leave with Sarah and the suitcase. However, Frank reveals that he hid the bomb aboard the plane and confronted Bailey with the empty case, and the plane explodes as it takes off, killing Bailey. Han angrily demands $30 million for his plane and $20 million for not killing Frank.
The film ends as Sarah enjoys herself on a mission in Caracas with Frank and Marvin.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Frank Moses
- John Malkovich as Marvin Boggs
- Helen Mirren as Victoria Winslow
- Mary-Louise Parker as Sarah Ross
- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Edward Bailey
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Major General Katja Petrokovich (Russian: Катя Петрокович)
- Brian Cox as Ivan Simanov (Russian: Иван Симанов)
- Byung-hun Lee as Han Cho Bai (Korean: 한초배; Hanja: 韩初裴), an assassin and former NIS agent
- David Thewlis as The Frog
- Neal McDonough as Jack Horton, a corrupt US intelligence agent
- US Intelligence Community
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Philips, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
- Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Jong Kun Lee as Han's father
- Mitchell Mullen as Wade
- Martin Sims as Blackwell
- Tristan Lalla as Vance
- Nathalie Buscombe as Serena, Han’s assistant
- Emma Heming Willisas Kelly
- Steven Berkoff as Cobble
- Titus Welliver as Burgess
Production
In January 2011, Summit Entertainment rehired writers Jon and Erich Hoeber to write a second installment of Red due to the film's financial success, which even surpassed producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura's expectations.[4][5] Helen Mirren stated in March 2011 that she was ready for Red 2.[6] In October 2011, Summit announced that Red 2 would be released on August 2, 2013 and the film would "reunite the team of retired CIA operatives with some new friends as they use their 'old-school style' to take on new enemies in Europe."[7] In February 2012, Dean Parisot, best known for directing Galaxy Quest and Fun With Dick and Jane, entered final negotiations to direct the sequel.[8]
In May 2012, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Lee Byung-hun signed on to join the cast of Red 2.[9] Also in May, it was reported that Anthony Hopkins was up to appear in the film as the villain, Edward Bailey, if a scheduling conflict could be worked out with Thor: The Dark World.[10] In July 2012, Neal McDonough entered negotiations to join the cast of Red 2.[11]
In August 2012, it was announced that Red 2 would film in
The childhood photo of Han Cho-bai (Lee Byung-hun) and his father that appears in the film are actually photos of Lee with his late father, who died in 2000.[16][17] Lee's father was a fan of Hollywood films and dreamed of being an actor himself. When Lee shared this story with Dean Parisot, the director, he was so touched that he decided to include Lee's father at the end credits as one of the main cast, even though the photos appear only briefly in the film.[citation needed]
Reception
Box office
Red 2 opened on July 19, 2013, in North America. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $18.5 million and finished in fifth place, which was lower than the $21.8 million its predecessor earned in October 2010. According to exit polling, 67% of the audience was over 35 and 52% was male.[18] Red 2 grossed $53.3 million in North America and $94.8 million overseas for a total of $148.1 million worldwide.[2]
Critical response
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Accolades
At the 40th People's Choice Awards, Red 2 received a nomination for Favorite Thriller Movie.[28] Its teaser trailer was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2013 Golden Trailer Awards.[29]
Future
In May 2013, Lionsgate re-signed Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber to write a third installment.[30] In 2015, NBC announced that they were developing a Red TV series with the Hoeber brothers, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Mark Vahradian.[31] However, no further information about the development has been announced and with Bruce Willis' retirement due to health issues in 2022, a third film is unlikely.
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a strong 'B+' CinemaScore so Friday's soft opening went up +11% on Saturday since more adults turned out due to good word of mouth
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External links
- Official website
- Red 2 at IMDb
- Red 2 at Metacritic
- Red 2 at Box Office Mojo
- Red 2 at Rotten Tomatoes