Red State (2011)
Written and directed
by Kevin Smith this film stars Michael Parks, John Goodman, Melissa
Leo, Kyle Gallner and Kerry Bishe. Three high school boys use an
online service to find a woman to have sex with them but get more
than they bargained for.
You could say this is
anything but your standard Kevin Smith film and it is nice to see a
writer/director moving so far out of their comfort zone. Depending on
your point of view the problem or success of this film is that it
never really fits into any genre as it is neither gory or scary
enough to be a true horror film or insightful enough to be a
political film. Michael Parks is really good as the bizarre pastor
but in the end this film does feel like it needs to be a lot darker
or scarier to work.
3/5
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