Film Review – Ida Red

Earlier this year, there was “Body Brokers,” a misguided attempt to expose the minor and major scams of the insurance industry as it deals with the revolving door approach of drug treatment facilities. Writer/director John Swab had a great idea for a stinging expose on unrepentant greed, but he decided to bury the good stuff under layers of crime movie mush. Swab is back with “Ida Red,” which does away with commentary on the ways of the world to charge ahead as a tale of bad dudes making poor life choices, with a vague summary of tangled family ties to give it all some deeper meaning. Swab likes the hard stuff, but it’s impossible to ignore just how derivative “Ida Red” is. There’s criminal activity and desperate times, but Swab can’t bring the film to life, with the finished picture playing like a work-in-progress cut. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com