Film Review: Red

Red: f*ck f*ck fuckitty f*ck!!!!!! Brilliant! Seriously spine-chillingly epic. Red is a film about one man - Brian Cox (who's fuckin unbelievable in this) who's dog, Red, gets killed by a local brat and who tries to make sense of it all. I didnt know really what to expect and the fact i've revealed the dog dies doesn't really matter as this is a story about one man who gets everything he loves taken away from him, and what he does to try and honour it's memory. Cox is really the only person in this film for long periods of time and he is fucking mesmerizing! Serioulsy, my fingers cant type fast enough to try an explain what a hidden gem of a film this is! It's so gut-wrenching (akin to the same feelin you would get while watching Eden Lake) and makes you so passionate about its subject matter that within the first fifteen minutes it was clear that this was something majestic. I was chattin to the ladyfriend about it and we came to the conclusion that if a human dies in the first ten minutes of a film the it can be sad, but when a dog dies its fucking tragic. A character in a film would need some kind of backstory to make us feel sympathetic to its demise but a dog already has the backstory - it is lovin, it is loyal, it is a protector and it is mans best friend. If someone kills a man it means nothing but if someone kills a dog then the are fucking disgraceful cunts. I cannot reccomend this film highly enough. I've seen a lot of films recently and this is right amongst the best of them. As i said before a true hidden gem of a film. Try and catch it if you can. 4 / 5