“Unstoppable”

★★★ (out of four)

From “The A-Team” to “Salt,” the season’s films have highlighted the inability of most directors to creatively and effectively document movement on screen. The nuances of kinetics appear to be completely lost on these people, to the extent that their action sequences are not only unimpressive  — they’re genuinely confounding, largely due to hyper-stylized editing and overly busy camera work.

“Red”

★★★

When I say that “Red” represents a cast in search of a movie, you may take it as a harsh criticism. And, certainly, it is an issue when the power of your cast absolutely dwarfs anything your film could possibly have to offer in terms of plot or dialogue or visual appeal. However, in the rare case of a movie like “Red,” such shortcomings take on less significance. See, “Red” is almost exclusively concerned with how its characters — and, by extension, the stars themselves — interact with one another. More pointedly, it’s all about the feel-good vibe of cooperation and camaraderie that steadily builds between this cast of characters, even if most of them do happen to be retired assassins.