
When the son of a successful judge (Taye Diggs) is killed by two police officers (Luke Hemsworth/Gianni Capaldi) and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective (John Cusack) finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father (George Lopez) to take the law into his own hands.... (Full plot summary below)
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When the son of a successful judge (Taye Diggs) is killed by two police officers (Luke Hemsworth/Gianni Capaldi) and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective (John Cusack) finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father (George Lopez) to take the law into his own hands.
Leave your thoughts about River Runs Red.
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckRiver Runs Red is neither substantive nor thrilling enough to prove satisfying. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiIt’s only when River Runs Red gets to about the hour mark that a story begins to cohere. Up until that point, it had taken the most perfunctory of stabs at being a ripped-from-the-headlines drama about police shootings. |
| L.A. WeeklyAlan ScherstuhlThe acting is stiff, the pacing sluggish, the framing uncertain, the music an intrusive mush and the scenario schematic. But it’s an interesting schematic, at least, complete with thoughtful/exhaustive discussion of the difference between justice, revenge and forgiveness. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayRaising awareness of social injustice is a good goal, but not enough to hold an audience’s attention. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyOne of several reasons River Runs Red is such a resentment-generating movie is that it takes a vitally serious subject and makes such a relentlessly dumb hash of it. |
| User Reviewmohamad91hkNo doubts that this film made by amateurs, same cliche of revenge movies except this one is the worst. everything in the movie was Poor, starting from the plot to the performance until the ending. |