Red Riding Hood (2003)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Giacomo Cimini

Writers:

Ovidio G. Assonitis (writer)
Andrew Benker (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Don't tell this tale to your kids!

Plot Keywords:

Gloves | Italian Language Spoken | Knife Attack | Severed Leg | Drill

Cast

Kathleen Archebald	...	Rose McKenzie
Susanna Satta	...	Jennifer McKenzie (as Susan Satta)
Roberto Purvis	...	Tom Hunter (as Robert Purvis)
Marc Fiorini	...	Giovanni Tagliavini
Justine Powell	...	Arianna
Iaon Gunn	...	The Beggar
Antonella Salvucci	...	Maria, the dentists' lover
Remo Remotti	...	Francesco Scura
Fabio Sonnino	...	George
Simone Dipascasio	...	George
Marialuisa Tadei	...	Tom's Girlfriend (as Maria Luisa Tadei)
Serena Alfieri	...	The Killer
Devin McKinney	...	Jenny's Father
Arianna Iachetti	...	Jenny's Mother
Susanne Meurer	...	The Interviewer

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

KOA Films Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jenny calls Tom, Tom picks up the phone which is not actually connected to anything (the jack socket is empty).

Movie Connections:

References Misery (1990)

Soundtrack:

HABANERA, L'AMOUR EST UN OISEAU REBELLE

A Unique And Warped Twist To An Old Concept.

Red Riding Hood is about a little girl named Jenny (Susanna Satta) who has been abandoned by her mother and has come up with quite a warped sense of values. Her father was a politician who was assassinated by a wacko of some sort. Jenny takes his death as an abandonment on his part and her mother abandons her for some guy while they live in Italy, which adds to her confusion and insanity.

Jenny, along with her friend George, have become somewhat of vigilantes, punishing common thieves, hit and runners and even those who are morally bankrupt by torturing and killing them. By the way, she believes George is her puppy that is all grown up.. to over 6 ft. tall and rides a bicycle and wears a mask.

Eventually, Jenny's grandmother, Rose (Kathleen Archebald) comes to Italy to take her back to New York. The demented little girl wants nothing to change in her life, as her mother left behind lots of cash and credit cards with an unlimited balance.

Jenny's take on her life is that of the old nursery rhyme, Little Red Riding Hood, hence the name of the movie, but it is taken from the wolf's point of view. This little girl is littering up the wolf's forest and insults the size of his ears and eyes, etc. So I suppose George is meant to be the wolf.

The movie is halfway original I suppose, but Susanna's acting is a bit over the top for me and a little unbelievable. Plus, I do not think anyone would really fear for their life from a little girl, even if she does have a knife (don't want to give away too much here). The plot twists are a little different, which is good but the special effects could have used a little work. Obvious rubber props used for body parts, and little things like that rubbed me the wrong way. This was not as good as I expected. 5/10