# Red (2008)

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**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Lucky McKee, Trygve Allister Diesen
**Written by**: Stephen Susco, Jack Ketchum
**Starring**: Brian Cox, Noel Fisher, Kyle Gallner, Shiloh Fernandez, Kim Dickens, Marcia Bennett

> *They should have told the truth...*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Kentucky backwoods. Autumn. A dog's bark. Avery and his old dog Red, constant companions, until a trio of bored, cruel teenagers cross their path. Justice seems impossible. The father of one boy uses money and influence to shield his son.

McKee finds the darkness at the heart of the American dream.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch

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