Red Canyon

Now there is another Red Canyon (a western), that I haven't seen yet. But by the looks of it, it is way better than this movie right here. So many flaws, so many bad things ... and even a Norman Reedus can't save it. While I haven't seen any of the Walking Dead yet (on my list, but so many other things to watch), this was way before he got famous for that.

So while you might have ended up here because of him, you probably will be very much dissapointed if that is the case. Don't waste your time, this is as weak as the rating make it out to be

Okay, so I decided to watch this movie because it has my favorite actor Justin Hartley from This Is Us, who plays Kevin Pearson in that show (and quite well, I might add). I knew this was going to be bad based on what I'd read but I thought maybe it would at least be fun to watch. It was not.

It was just plain bad. Not "so bad it was good." Just awful. There was literally nothing good about it. Don't watch it. Don't even think about it. Go do something else instead. Pretty much anything else would be a better use of your time.

Films with Red in the title tend to be good for some reason. No i am not doing a list, though i will mention top Australian thriller Red Hill. This did not get a UK theatre release. I only know of it as it was given faint praise by Kim Newman in an issue of Empire mag on it's belated DVD release.It turns out to be a handsomely filmed Drama with horror overtones as two youngsters and their friends return to the family home in the badlands of Utah, where a brutal rape causes them to return to try to put it behind them. Not the best idea to say the least, but this manages to carry it off with a good script and decent acting.Think the opposite side of the plot in the excellent Wolf Creek and your nearly there. Well worth a look and there's a dog you would not take down the pub!

Sad that someone from the film clearly went out of way to make fake reviews. Just silly scores as well.

The director failed to deliver any genuine chills or tension. The opportunities were there to have an ok redneck kills people film. Even with some quality actors involved he still couldnt create tension. To be fair....the script he had was also poor and nonsensical. Shooting friend in leg, pulling telephone wire out of wall and many more silly moments. .... Lot of scenes made no sense and some characters weren't explained or developed properly. Pointless motorbike riding scenes!? A motorbike accident scene that was supposed to be scary was just laughable Shaky and blurred footage edited far too quickly also grated. Even the violence and make up was poor. Shame. Had potential, good cast but all wasted with poor direction and even worse script. Don't bother.

Red Canyon would never had the opportunity to be laying there on horror conventions these days wasn't it that Norman Reedus was in it with his Walking Dead fame. On the other hand, the sleeve looked great and did remind you of a Rob Zombie flick. But we all know that sleeves and promotion on the sleeve can trick the potential buyer.

I was fooled and only bought it for Reedus. It had so many possibilities to make it a great movie but the editing and the flash backs make this almost unwatchable. The throwback to explain what happened years ago are so badly done. The use frustrating shaky cams and in post production they added some blurry effect. By doing so the so-called gory parts are teared down to stupid scene's that do show a lot but doesn't work at all.

The flick itself had an okay story and I could dig the story but sadly the editor destroyed this flick.

Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5