With a title that stands for “Retired Extremely Dangerous” and a cast that includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren, it’s no wonder that Summit’s “Red” has struck a chord ...

Frank and Sarah travel the country rounding up a team of crack spies whose top-secret files reside under the heading “R.E.D.”—Retired, Extremely Dangerous. There’s Joe (Morgan Freeman), a ...

In the film version, the title is derived from the designation of the status of agent Frank Moses, meaning "Retired, Extremely Dangerous". A sequel, RED 2, was released on July 19, 2013.

See About archive blog posts. ‘RED,’ incidentally, is short for ‘retired, extremely dangerous,’ and the film is an action comedy about former CIA black-ops types based on a darker graphic ...