Colors of Evil: Red

Colors of Evil: Red (Kolory zła. Czerwień) is a 2024 Polish mystery crime thriller film directed by Adrian Panek and based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Malgorzata Oliwia Sobczak. The film stars Jakub Gierszał, Maja Ostaszewska and Zofia Jastrzebska. It follows the murder of a young woman in Tricity, Poland and the rookie prosecutor Leopold Bilski who teams up with the victim's mother, Judge Helena Bogucka.

The film was released on May 29, 2024, by Netflix.

Cast

 * Jakub Gierszał as Leopold Bilski
 * Maja Ostaszewska as Helena Bogucka
 * Zofia Jastrzebska as Monika Bogucka
 * Andrzej Konopka as Tadeusz Dubiela
 * Przemyslaw Bluszcz as Lukasz Kazarski 'Kazar'
 * Wojciech Zielinski as Waldemar Mila
 * Andrzej Zielinski as Roman Bogucki
 * Jan Wieteska as Mario Dubiela

Reception
Colors of Evil: Red received mixed reviews from critics. Film critic Johnny Loftus from Decider gave it a mixed review but praised Ostaszewska's performance writing: "Maja Ostaszewska deserves more screen time in Colors of Evil, but she makes the most of what she has, with a ton of mileage earned from a series of ever more drawn looks. The specifics of Helena’s dissolving marriage to Roman go unspoken, but the mistakes they made are written all over Ostaszewska’s features." Narayani M from The New Indian Express gave it a 2 out of 5 stars but also noted Ostaszewska's performance as the victim's mother. Jeffrey Speicher from the Collider also praised Ostaszewska's performance and film overall writing: "Colors of Evil: Red, the one performance that emerges as the most memorable is Maja Ostaszewska as an emotionally broken mother, Helena. From the heart-wrenching moment she has to identify her daughter at the morgue, she is so believable as a horribly traumatized parent going through the inner turmoil of losing her only child."