Red

Un drammatico del 2008 diretto dal duo registico Lucky McKee e Allister Diesen, tratto da un romanzo di Jack Ketchum, autore per lo più di racconti horror, con un eccessivo carico di pathos e di tragedie umane che hanno per protagonista un vecchio vedovo, interpretato fortunatamente da un misurato Brian Cox grazie al quale il film risulta guardabile e addirittura credibile e coinvolgente anche se solo [...] Vai alla recensione »

In "Red," an elegant and deceptively straightforward dramatic thriller, Av Ludlow (Brian Cox) is out fishing one day with his old dog when a trio of teenagers comes along and shoots the pooch dead for no reason. That act of violence sets in motion a chain of events that profoundly changes the characters, with effects more far-ranging than any can imagine.

A decorated Korean War veteran gone fishing in a rural arcadia, his trusty dog at his side: the tableau, a throwback to Saturday Evening Post covers by Norman Rockwell, could put a lump in your throat. When that image is first glimpsed near the beginning of “Red,” you expect the movie to be a bucolic tearjerker about an aging war hero and his memories, the comfort of pets and the pleasures of the simple [...] Vai alla recensione »