Red is a 2008 American thriller film based on a novel by Jack Ketchum and directed by Trygve Allister Diesen and Lucky McKee.

It concerns one man's revenge after his beloved dog is shot to death when he doesn't have enough money to satisfy an attempted robber.

Avery "Ave" Ludlow, a storekeeper, has a dog named Red, a gift for his 50th birthday from his late wife, Mary.

One day, fishing at a lake with Red by his side, three boys come along: brothers Danny and Harold McCormack and their friend Pete Doust.

Ave visits a gun store, where the clerk identifies Danny as the shotgun purchaser based on a description.

Carrie asks Ave about his family; he tells her his elder son was mendacious and was thrown out of the Navy due to mental illness.

One day, Danny is playing baseball with friends and becomes frustrated after striking out, leaving the game in anger with his brother and Pete.

No evidence implicates the McCormacks, but Pete's parents suddenly have enough money to repair their dilapidated house.

He finds Danny's revolver in the wreckage and returns to the McCormack house, where he meets a shaken Harold on the porch.

The site's critical consensus reads, "This vengeance film leans heavily on attack-and-avenge scenarios but performances by Brian Cox and Tom Sizemore take the stink out of any weaker scripting.

"[3] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".