Red Road
2006 · Movie · NR · 113 min · ★ 6.5 · 80% critics
A CCTV operator in Glasgow spots a man from her past on a monitor, someone she never expected to see again. Drawn into a difficult search for answers, she begins following him and gets pulled deeper into a tense, uneasy confrontation with her own memories.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-10-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (219 votes)
About
You may like Red Road if you enjoy bleak, slow-burn dramas about obsession and surveillance, with a grounded, uneasy mood; Not for you if you want a fast-moving story or a straightforward thriller, and it may also appeal if you liked Calibre or Enemy of the State.
Pros: strong lead performance; tense mystery; gritty atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; unclear motives; uneven payoff
Themes
- rape
- glasgow, scotland
- loss of loved one
- video surveillance
- deception
- revenge
- crack cocaine
- security guard
- cunnilingus
- surveillance camera
- security system
- woman director
Cast & crew
Kate Dickie
as Jackie
Tony Curran
as Clyde Henderson
Martin Compston
as Stevie
Natalie Press
as April
Paul Higgins
as Avery
- JC
John Comerford
as Man with Dog
- AA
Andrew Armour
as Alfred
- CC
Carolyn Calder
as Cleaner
- MM
Martin McCardie
as Angus
- JA
Jessica Angus
as Bronwyn
Directed by Andrea Arnold