A Brilliant Conflict

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I have given this 10 starts to balance the crazy low-star reviews, which are unjustified and reflect, perhaps, a level of expectation not being met - this is NOT a Gothic horror with scary wolves creepy forests.This film is totally mental, yet totally appealing - and the young star is Superb!!!6 foot puppy on a bike with a penchant for death? YES every time :)Not your usual horror flick - more of a twisted black comedy-slasher.This is the only film the girl in the lead part did (I found that she is now a model).If you have a taste for weirdness get your hands on this underrated gem!!!

This movie is actually pretty good. Alright, so its a b-movie horror, and this genre doesn't have the best track record, but this movie is something different. In fact, its one of the best b-movies I have ever seen. The movie creates its plot brilliantly. More so than many blockbusters actually. We find out the reasons for the character's actions early on, and throughout the film the audience is kept in a state of suspense. This is because not only is the plot created, it is maintained until the very end. Too often in bigger films have the writers/directors put a huge twist in the middle that leaves you lost, whereas this film creates just a few small ones, then delivers a huge one right at the end that allows you to make sense of it all. It is easy to follow. Special congratulations has to go to Kathleen Archebald who delivers a spectacular performance despite being so young (easily better than many actors, I should note.) All in all, this film is great, and puts a new, deadly spin on this tale and reinforces one fact- don't let your kids play with knives!

Red Riding Hood starts as twelve year old girl Jennifer McKenzie (Susanna Satta) moves to Rome after the murder of her father (Devin McKinney) a high ranking judge. While in Rome Jennifer stalks the streets dishing out the sort of justice to the criminal element that even her father would blush at with help from her mutant Dog George, things turn complicated when Jennifer's Grandmother Rose (Kathleen Archebald) arrives in town & demands that Jennifer comes back to new York with her. Liking her life Jennifer isn't keen on the idea & uses her Grandmother's allergy of peanuts to hold her captive while she carries on her murderous campaign against crime...This Italian production was directed by Giacomo Cimini & produced by Greek rip-off merchant Ovidio G. Assonitis whose major claim to fame is that he sacked director James Cameron from Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981) who would go on to become one of the most successful filmmakers of all time with mega hits like The Terminator (1984) & it's sequel, Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), True Lies (1994) & Titantic (1997). I guess Assonitis wouldn't know good film-making talent if it was literally biting him on the bum considering the respective careers of both Assonitis & Cameron since Piranha Part Two! The title suggests that this silly horror film is a twist on the well known fairytale Little Red Riding Hood although apart from one or two ideas & concepts the two have little in common. Jennifer rides around on a bike in a cloak & hood & wears red outfits, there's George who is supposed to represent the Big Bad Wolf & then there's Rose the Grandmother who eventually becomes bedridden but the actual plot has no connection to the fairytale. The film is rather strange & offbeat with large chunks of it told from the point of view of Jennifer as she narrates her feelings even though we end up knowing very little about her, her motives are none existent (she supposedly kills criminals yet decides to kill two people for just having an affair) & the predictable yet awful twist ending (featuring a tap dancing delivery driver) makes no sense whatsoever in any sort of context. While some might like it's offbeat style & sense of humour I thought it was pretty poor, it annoyed me & I really didn't get any sort of entertainment from it.The Golden age of Italian horror is long gone, during the 70's & early 80's the Italian film industry churned out lots of horror films many of which were great but by the 90's it's output was awful & apart from the odd decent Dario Argento flick I can't think of a single good Italain horror film from the twenty first century. Unlike the good old days when Italian horror films were dubbed into English with some unintentionally funny dialogue Red Riding Hood looks like it was shot in English & the dialogue is noticeably dull by comparison. The gore is alright, there's a severed hand, a bottle is forced into someones mouth, two people are killed with a nail gun, an annoying tap dancer has both his legs cut off & there's some blood splatter but nothing that memorable. There's a brief shower scene with a bit of nudity & sex too.Production wise Red Riding Hood looks alright, it's well made I suppose although there's not much style here. Also it has to be said that whoever did the subtitles didn't do their research as two Italian paramedics say 'you called 911?' yet the telephone number for the Italian emergency services is 112,113 or 118 & 911 is obviously the US emergency services number. The acting isn't that great but I've seen worse, this is actress Susanna Satta's only credit & although I can't find any birthday date for her she certainly looks a lot older than twelve.Red Riding Hood is a very strange film that tries to be clever but isn't & comes across as lazy, cheap & not very good. If you want to watch a horror themed take on the Little Red Riding Hood tale then check out Deadtime Stories (1986) AKA Freaky Fairy tales instead.

If you were looking for the animated children's movie with Joey Fatone, this is not it.The only way you could call this movie good is if you were looking for a horribly low-budget joke. While it may remind some of Donnie Darko, the resemblance ends at the imaginary friend with a white mask. The acting is awful, especially that of the little girl, and the effects are exceptionally fake.I suggest watching the movie on 2x speed. That way you only waste 45 minutes of your life instead of 90. And the high pitched, quick dialogue makes it much funnier.