Red (film)

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Movie
German title Red
Original title Red
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length approx. 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Trygve Allister this one ,
Lucky McKee
script Stephen Susco
production Steve Blair ,
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Norman Dreyfuss
music Soren Hyldgaard
camera Harald Gunnar Paalgard
cut Jon Endre Mørk
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Red is an American thriller from the year 2008 . Directed by Trygve Allister haben and Lucky McKee , the script was written by Stephen Susco based on a novel by Jack Ketchum . The film was shown on German television under the title Blood Red .

action

The film is set in a small town in the United States. Three youngsters meet Avery Ludlow, an older man who is fishing with his dog Red, at a lake. The boys' spokesman threatens Ludlow with a rifle and robbed him. Finally he shoots the dog without need, which is loved by his master and is a friend to him. Ludlow, who does not want to go unpunished, finds out the identity of the main culprit - Danny McCormack - through a gun shop. His brother Harold was also present at the terrible crime.

Ludlow seeks out Danny's father, Michael, to obtain an apology and to get the father to lead his son on the right path. This one, however, a wealthy businessman, proves to be unscrupulous and covers his sons. Ludlow decides, against the advice of his attorney, to exhaust all legal action.

When the attorney in charge does not want to bring charges, Ludlow comes to the aid of local reporter Carrie and makes sure that Ludlow's case is raised on the local television station. But even after that, the prosecution remains inactive, as McCormack apparently lets his relationships play. In response, a stone flies through one of Ludlow's windows, around which a message has been wrapped. McCormack's arm goes so far that the editor-in-chief of the station Carrie works for prevents the young woman who has befriended Ludlow from reporting on the case. The old man who fought as a soldier in the Korean War carries around a traumatizing experience. His eldest son, who was mentally unstable, seriously injured his own mother after an argument and, to cover up his act, doused kerosene and set fire to not only her but also his younger brother, who was sleeping at the time of the crime. He wanted the house of his parents to go up in flames to cover up what he was doing. This did not happen, however, because kerosene reacts differently than gasoline.

Danny's brother Harold, who clearly disagrees with the way his brother is behaving, apologizes to Ludlow, but finds himself unable to comply with his request to testify against his brother in court. His fear of Danny and his father is written on his face. Ludlow tries to lure Danny from the reserve by following the three boys at every turn. Once he provokes Danny with a seemingly random banter on the street, who then attacks Ludlow with a baseball bat in front of several witnesses, but is overwhelmed and knocked down by him in self-defense. Michael McCormack, for his part, ensures that Ludlow's old business building is burned down. The old man then makes another attempt to explain to the McCormacks what his dog meant to him, digs up Red's carcass and drives him to the family's holiday home.

Instead of insight and compassion, Ludlow earns mockery, and during an exchange of words, Danny shoots at close range at Ludlow, who defends himself against the shot with a quick defensive grip, but is injured by a graze in the ear. Ludlow overpowers Danny and, by threatening him with a gun, forces him to get into his car and take him to town, where he plans to hand the boys over to the police. However, he is followed by Danny's father who pushes Ludlow's car off the road. Danny attacks Ludlow with a baseball bat to kill him.

However, the McCormacks' calculation that Ludlow was dead does not work out. The old man comes to after a while in the wreck of his car. Despite his serious injuries, he goes to the McCormacks holiday home again to pick up his dead dog. There he meets Harold McCormack, who warned him urgently that his father and brother would kill him if they saw him. They thought he was dead. When Harold leads Ludlow to Red, Danny and his father suddenly appear. Both are armed and Danny shoots Ludlow in a rage. One of the shots fired kills Harold, while Ludlow is seriously injured again. However, he can shoot back and hits both Danny and his father. As you learn a little later, Danny died from being shot in the stomach. The surviving Michael McCormack thus lost both sons.

Carrie finally gets to her story and after the publication of her article gets the offer to work for a major New York newspaper, which also promises financial support for Ludlow if McCormack should sue. It is Ludlow himself who exercises self-criticism in his final conversation with Carrie: Two young people died because he wanted to be right. Before Carrie can leave for her new job, however, she gives Ludlow a puppy. However, his ambivalent feelings about getting involved with an animal again do not hold up to the little animal's gaze for long.

criticism

Peter Debruge compared the film in the online version of Variety magazine with the "classic" psychological thrillers of the 1970s such as Walking Tall . Since only a few viewers are ready to see atrocities such as the death of a dog, the potential audience of the thriller is limited. The screenwriter Stephen Susco proves the wisdom based on his age with which he communicates "deep introspection" . However, the plot is not free from some awkwardness.

background

The film was shot in Baltimore , California, and South Carolina . Its production amounted to an estimated 2.5 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on January 20, 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival .

Awards

  • In 2008, at the Sitges Film Festival , a Catalan festival for fantastic films, Brian Cox was named Best Actor for his performance in Red .
  • The title of the film was given by the ProSieben tabloid magazine red! Stars, Lifestyle & More at red! Star Award 2010 named film title of the year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Debruge: Review: 'Red'. In: Variety.com. Variety Media, January 21, 2008, accessed May 16, 2015 (American English).
  2. ↑ Filming locations for Red, accessed January 24, 2008
  3. ↑ Box office / business for Red, accessed January 24, 2008
  4. ^ Opening dates for Red, accessed January 24, 2008