And it doesn't disappoint.
Frank Mosses (Bruce Willis) is a retired black-ops agent quietly receiving his pension checks in Ohio until there is a raid on his house and Mosses is forced to seek out Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker), the customer service call centre worker at the pension office that Mosses has been building a bond with over the phone.
Knowing that there are people out to kill him and now Sarah, he is now on the run and a mission to discover why he is wanted dead, while Sarah inadvertently is living out her fantasy novel reads in Jewel-in-the-Nile-style.
It is not a film that is pretending to be anything more then what it says on the tin, an action comedy. Except for maybe the political side towards the end and the idea that the worlds spies where once filled with integrity and honour, as some other reviewers have pointed out, but it is all done with good hard action and a lovely gooey centre.
It is well edited and well cast; Helen Mirren is great fun and looks divine; I find Karl Urban a pleasure in most films and he is no exception here as the tough CIA agent with cute hair, William Cooper. The music choices are good, comedic highs and some action thrilling intensity match the cheeky action wonderfully.
It is a sleek and smooth film with a nice, refreshing style of comedy that I would definitely recommend.
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