Brian Cox is Avery Ludlow, a nice man who enjoys the simple things in life. A country store, lots of friends, a faithful dog, and an old truck for his fishing. One day three teen boys show up at the fishing hole with a bit too much attitude. The ringleader, Noel Fisher as Danny, is carrying his new shotgun. They "ask" Avery how much money he has, and disappointed in his answer shoots and kills his dog, "RED", lying beside him.
So the movie is about getting the boys to own up to what they did, realize it was wrong, and apologize.
Being a gun man himself Avery does a bit of detective work and finds who Danny is. He shows up at their fancy home and talks to Tom Sizemore as Mr. McCormack, Danny's dad. Predictably Danny denies everything and his dad minimizes the whole thing and sends Avery along.
But Avery is persistent if nothing else. At one point he is helped by his friend Kim Dickens as Carrie, a TV reported. She enlisted Avery's help to make a video news spot, at the scene of the dog killing, to try to pressure the DA to take the case.
Brian Cox, who also was one of the producers, does a fine job in his role.
MAJOR SPOILERS: In his back story Avery had lost two boys, an older one who had some emotional problems, and who was also responsible for his younger brother's death, and Avery's wife's death by burning with kerosene. In this movie, Avery held himself responsible for the deaths of two of the three boys, via his persistence. There was shoot-out one night, where Avery was forced to defend himself after they had tried to kill him by running him off the road. So no one really came out ahead in this story.
So the movie is about getting the boys to own up to what they did, realize it was wrong, and apologize.
Being a gun man himself Avery does a bit of detective work and finds who Danny is. He shows up at their fancy home and talks to Tom Sizemore as Mr. McCormack, Danny's dad. Predictably Danny denies everything and his dad minimizes the whole thing and sends Avery along.
But Avery is persistent if nothing else. At one point he is helped by his friend Kim Dickens as Carrie, a TV reported. She enlisted Avery's help to make a video news spot, at the scene of the dog killing, to try to pressure the DA to take the case.
Brian Cox, who also was one of the producers, does a fine job in his role.
MAJOR SPOILERS: In his back story Avery had lost two boys, an older one who had some emotional problems, and who was also responsible for his younger brother's death, and Avery's wife's death by burning with kerosene. In this movie, Avery held himself responsible for the deaths of two of the three boys, via his persistence. There was shoot-out one night, where Avery was forced to defend himself after they had tried to kill him by running him off the road. So no one really came out ahead in this story.