- Release Date: 2008
- Runtime: 98 min
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Brian Cox, Noel Fisher, Tom Sizemore, Kyle Gallner ... see all
- Director: Lucky McKee, Trygve Allister Diesen
- Plot: An older, reclusive man's best friend is his dog RED. When three teens kill his dog for no reason, the man sets out for justice and redemption within whatever means... Read more
User Reviews
Red is red hot
Oct 28, 2008
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Oct 28, 2008saenzanthony - yahoo.com
Red is a great little direct to video thriller that comes by once in a blue moon.A story of a man who loves his dog as much as he loves the truth.This gem stars Brian Cox a wonderful character actor whos... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Nov 09, 2008Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie V
Getting back to "Red," it's this total absence of thought behind actions of disgusting cruelty that Avery can't understand.
It's one of those soundtracks that make it a point to follow the action, so when we see Avery get up in the morning to deliver groceries from his general store accompanied by his trusty old dog Red, it's all happy shit.
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| Nov 05, 2008Film School Rejects
Like I said above, Red is a simple movie, but simple doesn't necessarily mean bad.
Three teenage hooligans come across the duo fishing in the woods, and in an instant of unprovoked cruelty old Red gets his head blown off.
crazy-eyed Tom Sizemore.
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| Oct 28, 2008Bloody-Disgusting
Easily Stephen Susco's best screenplay to date, the film was adapted from Ketchum's novel about a couple of kids kill a dog named 'Red', the trusty hound of an old gent.
If Trygve hadn't invested some serious screen time to these moments RED wouldn't have been half as good as it was.
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| Oct 28, 2008Entertainment Insiders
The worst is yet to come.
The postscript of an ending, guilty of providing too much closure, does nothing to help matters -- it's a story that really calls for a more ambiguous conclusion.
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| Sep 24, 2008associatedcontent.com
This is not a horror movie, but more of a dramatic thriller and it too opens with an unsettling vibe.....Noel Fisher as the boy who actually pulls the trigger on the dog did a great job..... ... Full Review
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Well, now you'll be wanting to know what some of these here films are like, and the first weekend's line-up is pretty strong. First up is the Brian Cox thriller Red, which I believe I've described elsewhere as The Straight... ... Full Article

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