Alicia I love this movie so much

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

petrelet This low-budget Scottish indie is worth looking up. It moves quickly, with engagement and suspense, and gives us some things to think about in the age of Edward Snowden and omnipresent surveillance cams.The backstory isn't laid out for us at first. We quickly learn that Jackie's husband and child are dead, but not how; she is joylessly hooking up with a married co-worker in his car. Her life is focused on the people she observes through her law enforcement job: she operates a bank of urban CCTV security cameras trained on streets, shops, back lots, and apartment blocks, watching a gritty part of town for crime in real time. They remind me of the set of "Rear Window". She can move the cameras, look at windows or doorways, zoom in, follow someone from place to place. She watches the little dramas of their actual lives.Then, monitoring an encounter in a back lot to see if it is a rape in progress or a trick being turned, she recognizes a man. His name is Clyde. She had thought he was in jail ... we aren't told for what ... but she is told he has gotten out early for good behavior. It shakes her. He lives in the area she can observe, in the Red Road block, a grim high-rise full of people living on the edge. He hangs out in the local pub; he drives a locksmith's van. She watches him. She feels the need to do something. She tracks him, and his associates, first by camera - then in person, into his habitat.It's not clear what she intends. The suspense as she pursues whatever plan she has, if there is a plan and not just impulse, goes close to the edge of what is bearable. We don't know what she is risking. We don't know what sort of man he is. Is he an evil man, who deserves whatever happens to him? Is he planning more crimes, and is she protecting society from him? Is he a decent man, persecuted by a rogue police agent? Is it all more complex? At a certain point there are signs that she may be attracted to him, or is that just adrenaline? Or pretense? Or a response to her shell of isolation and routines falling apart?The film keeps us guessing and mostly avoids thriller clichés, arriving at a resolution that is maybe slightly tinny but mostly satisfying. It's worth some effort to dig this up.

Sindre Kaspersen English screenwriter and director Andrea Arnold's feature film debut which she wrote, is based on characters developed by Danish screenwriter and director Lone Scherfig and Danish screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen. It premiered In competition at the 59th Cannes International Film Festival in 2006, was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, was shot on location in Glasgow, Scotland and is a United Kingdom production which was produced by producer Carrie Comerford. It tells the story about a woman named Jackie Morrison who lives in an apartment in Maryhill, Glasgow in Scotland. One day whilst Jackie is in the city eye control room where she works, she notices the face of a man on one of the monitors whom she recognizes.Distinctly and subtly directed by UK filmmaker Andrea Arnold, this quietly paced fictional tale which is narrated mostly from the main character's point of view, draws a moving and humane portrayal of a Scottish woman who after witnessing a man named Clyde Henderson whom she has not seen in six years begins to observe him closely. While notable for it's distinct and atmospheric milieu depictions, fine cinematography by Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan, low-keyed production design by production designer Helen Scott and use of sound and colors, this character-driven and narrative-driven story about a person whom instigated by her sense of justice and search for closure becomes increasingly involved in the life of a person whom she has very little knowledge of, depicts an internal study of character.This heartrending, psychological, understated and observational drama from the mid-2000s which is set in a city in Scotland and where a wife and mother's viewpoint is gradually changed and something is awakened in her as she learns more about the person she is examining, is impelled and reinforced by it's narrative structure, substantial character development, subtle continuity, use of music, significant realism, incisive examination of its central themes and the commendable and naturalistic acting performances by Scottish actress Kate Dickie, Scottish actor Tony Curran, Scottish actor Martin Compston and English actress Natalie Press. A lyrical, unsentimental and liberating directorial debut which gained, among numerous other awards, the Special Jury Prize at the 59th Cannes Film Festival in 2006.

MattyGibbs This is a fairly simple film of a CCTV operator who notices a face from her past that she didn't want to see again. It follows Jackie as she infiltrates the life of the man from her past and tries to gain her revenge. It's a slow moving film and maybe it could have been cut down by 20 minutes but it does at least steadily improve towards to end. It boasts good performances from a strong cast which helps keep interest at the beginning. Red Road is not a particularly nice film to watch, the setting is grim and it's a darkly lit film which only adds to the general depressing nature of the film. There is nothing to lighten the mood and it also contains one of if not the most explicit sex scenes I've ever seen on film. However if you can get through the first hour then it does turn into a very effective drama. For a low budget film this is a very good effort and is worth at least one viewing.

rddj05 There's a gritty honesty to this film that you don't see very often. Though the script is very spare, and not a lot of information is given to the audience, there is just enough to keep you engaged and wondering what will happen next. And by the end, it all adds up to a satisfying conclusion. It is not exactly a suspense film that will have you on the edge of your seat throughout, but more an interesting study of one woman's obsession and barely controlled grief. You continue to wonder why she is doing what she is doing. There is nary a false moment and not one that will make you groan due to an improbable plot turn, which is the problem with so many thrillers, and films in general these days.Kate Dickie gives an excellent, low-key performance as a private security guard that watches over a panel of monitors linked to cameras placed all throughout Glasgow, Scotland. One day, she sees someone from her past who she did not expect to see, and the story is off and running, or at least trotting. Very well done and well- executed, focusing on a working-class setting we don't see handled well very often.