Turns out the August 8th Red stars Brian Cox as a Korean War vet whose dog is shot by the teenage boy from The Riches, and when the cops won't do anything he starts following the boy around himself. The funny thing is, the trailer reminds me a little bit of the comic-book Red, which is about a retired black-ops soldier. Both characters are living peacefully in retirement when violence shatters their peace (the black ops agent is the target of a hit squad) and causes them to hunt down the people responsible and make them regret their decisions (he goes after the CIA head who ordered the hit). If the people making the comic book-inspired Red weren't already planning on changing the name of their film, maybe they should reconsider. (Ironically, the screenwriters working on the script also did the screen adaptation of the comic book Whiteout. Start shaking the bottle, boys.)

But it may be a blessing in disguise, what with the fifteen other films called Red, not to mention the other "red" films we've seen recently -- Redbelt, Red Velvet, Red Roses and Petrol, as well as the recently announced 2009 Red Sonja film. Audiences who are tired of seeing "Red" might line up faster to see another color. And since "red" indicates the agent's "active" code, maybe they should go with his "inactive" code and call the film Green. We hear that's a very popular color nowadays.