Sequels. Sadly most of them are just excuses for lame opportunities to cash in again. This is just that.You know a movie is going to be bad when Anthony Hopkins dials in a terrible performance. His over the top and dial by numbers character isn't believable from the moment he enters. This is a dial it in buddy buddy film, where every scene is predictable in that it will introduce yet another character or a familiar old face just at the right difficult moment. Plot is irrelevant. Make it up as you go along. Just stick to the same formula repeatedly. If you loved RED, you might be amused by the sequel. Just be aware it's more of the same, more unoriginal and the characters you love will need to be around for the next sequel. I give it a generous 5 for some reasonable efforts, a high production value and the immense talent that is wasted in this farce.

Red 2 is a good movie with a reasonably well developed storyline and a terrific cast. It's a lot of fun, simple as that, the whole cast seem to be enjoying themselves and because of that I had a fun time watching it, it's a lot funnier than the original, does not take itself as seriously, much lighter on character development. The story is very simple and straight forward, but a star studded cast that includes Bruce Willis, John Malcovich, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins make this a very enjoyable two hours. I did feel the story was really lacking in depth, it just seems to move along piece by piece, no moment is really significant or gratifying for the audience, it never tried to make this sequel stand out on its own. I did not enjoy the love issues which erupt between Frank and Sarah as a result of Catherine Zeta-Jones' character, it all felt very forced and created an annoying persona for Mary Louise Parker, making her nowhere near as cool as or likable as she was in the original, she was a strong character then, here she is simply a love interest. It certainly has its flaws but Red 2 mostly makes up for it with its pure fun and optimistic cast, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good action or comedy. A retired secret agent and his girlfriend get dragged in to a race to find a nuclear bomb. Best Performance: Anthony Hopkins

Even though Red was an interesting and innovating film, Red 2 fells sort, with chewed up plot and few twists. The main theme, apart from finding the bomb, is the romantic relationship between the main two characters and the emotional problems they are facing. However, I found it hard to believe that there was any chemistry at all between them. The constant changing of the costume grew to become tiring at some point and the show up \ show off of the characters, not to mention the comic book like sequences, were a minus for the film. Some sub plots were silly, like the one with the Korean assassin. I mean, he turned out to be a good guy, but if he was that lethal, then how on earth did Frank managed to fight him off by himself? So, 2 out of 10, because even the performances weren't convincing enough.

I had also watched "Red 2" last night on my phone it was giving excitement initially as the firstone did it has fallen in excitement but in last it rose up again and given the entertainment I was expecting."Bruce Willis" was again good in his role and "Helen Mirren" was again perfect and the other supporting cast were also good at their places.It lacked "Morgan Freeman" but it was still good and the action and the actors were again "Old School" but awesome.And the comedy was also good the story was whole different from the first one and thats what I like in a sequel.Overall the movie was somewhat managed to stand with the original at some places and was pretty good but not great as the original.