In a thriller that asks questions about justice and whether the pursuit of it can go too far, Brian Cox brings his usual intensity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2023

A vicious and brutal parable on human cruelty in the Jack Ketchum tradition...

| Jan 15, 2013

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2010

The hero in Red doesn't want revenge. He wants an apology. This isn't your ordinary vigilante film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 31, 2008

...a deliberately paced and downright thoughtful piece of work.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 24, 2008

An elegant and deceptively straightforward dramatic thriller.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 29, 2008

A movie that's completely out of its tree.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 29, 2008

A low-key but compelling thriller that refuses to follow the traditional vengeance movie template.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 29, 2008

The movie's escalating series of tit-for-tat revenge ploys becomes a bit tedious even at 95 minutes, but Cox and a rich (if not always well-served) supporting cast that includes Tom Sizemore, Amanda Plummer, and Robert Englund keep it more than watchable.

| Aug 28, 2008

A final quarter sentimental streak clashes with the masochistic pleasure of watching middle America close ranks against a victim who can't even bark in his own defense.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 16, 2008

Begins promisingly and then swerves into absurdity.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 8, 2008

What makes this movie worth seeing is the acting, which is superb throughout.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 8, 2008

Along with Shotgun Stories, Felon, and a few other recent 'indie pulps,' Red is part of a wave of low-budget genre films that turn injustice into an abstract force ripping decent folk apart.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 8, 2008

Once Avery's mission assumes a Freudian dimension, the allegory loses its moral force and changes from a meditation on justice, power and inequality into a gory melodrama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 8, 2008

As Diesen fades out with a pat, artificially full-circle ending, we still appreciate how Red danced on the edge of the Movie-of-the-Week abyss and, thanks to Cox and the careful tending of Jack Ketchum(TM)s original novel, never fell in.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 8, 2008

The lesson to be taken away from Red is that, after some killin', the only thing that can make someone feel better is a new puppy.

| Original Score: 2/6 | Aug 6, 2008

Somewhere along the line someone should have taken a long, hard look at the excesses of the ending and changed course.

| Aug 6, 2008

This powerful, elemental drama hits all the buttons, probably to a fault, but it's helped along by fine performances all around.

| Aug 4, 2008

The film's climax ultimately seems less an example of its protagonist's irrational fury than of cockeyed storytelling.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 3, 2008

It's Brian Cox's powerful but low-key performance and an abiding respect for animals that can't defend themselves that invest this simple, straightforward narrative with an understated passion that is unforgettable.

| Jul 30, 2008