I have a feeling that this film won’t get much of a wide release, and it’s a shame as it definitely deserves to be seen. It’s much better than half of the garbage out there (in wide release) which passes for dramas or thrillers. It not only provides great drama and thrills but it also has heart and emotion to go along with it; a lot of which has to do with the brilliant performance by Brian Cox. In my book he really can do no wrong as an actor, even in bad movies he’s still good and in my book that is one of the marks of a true great. He just brings a certain wisdom and intelligence to his roles and, dare I say, he was made for roles like this.
The film starts off quite simple but soon unravels its layers of complexity. It’s not often you see a film with so many layers on top of each other and the film unravelled so well without seeming like there’s too much in it. By film’s end I felt I had spent my time on something worthwhile, and the bordering on perfect ending very much helped matters.
Red allows you to ask yourself, “What would I do in this situation? How would I react?” It’s touching, affecting and at times very powerful, and almost worth it for the performance of Brian Cox alone. 
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