Red State (2011): Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda. (6.4)
Director: Kevin Smith
Writer: Kevin Smith
Stars: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo and John Goodman
This is kind of a ripped from headlines story that combines the Westboro Baptist Church tactics with the Davidian compound in Waco, TX & other ATF/FBI raids and the paranoia around "domestic terror cells". It starts out with a bit of a thought process, but soon loses the cerebral quality to the gun-toting action-packed drama. I would have liked if this was presented as a multi-faceted argument for/against various points of view. Opportunity missed. My Rating: 6.0
