Ida Red

Why does this feel like it still wasn't finished in the editing room? There has got to be some pieces missing. If not, and you put this out like that, what were you thinking?

This movie isn't terrible, it just didn't do much for me. I was barely invested and finished it with reluctance. It's also filled with dumb characters who do dumb things. (1 viewing, 2/25/2022)

Ida Red (Melissa Leo) is sentenced to a long stretch behind bars after a heist went wrong. She learns that she has only months to live and is therefore determined to die as a free woman. The plot and storyline are straightforward but sometimes confusing. Confusing also as they cannot anticipate the magnitudes of their increasingly brutal actions. They are a bit stupid. The crime family is headed in her absence by nephew Dallas (Frank Grillo) and her son Wyatt (Josh Hartnett), who make their living holding up trucks on remote highways. "Ida Red" explains crime as a genetic issue. The problem with this family is that they are not really smart and actually quite bad at crime. Movie is fast paced with great action scenes. Great acting by Frank Grillo (Dallas) and Melissa Leo (Ida Red Walker). If you have the time and like these kind of heist movies, just watch. Frank Grillo is getting better and better with every movie.

The film is adequately entertaining, and offers some thrills. The portrayals of relationships between characters are good, but can be enhanced. I was a little confused about who was who at first.

Simple straight forward film with some solid acting and a good storyline. Not a film I'd watch again but worth checking out. 6 stars.