Kevin Smith goes for a more serious guise in Red State, which he has claimed will be his second last ever film. ‘Silent Bob’ has gone for a gritty look at religion and it’s by products in what has been called a horror film.
I’m not sure why but I do respect Smith, I love Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob and respect that for Red State, he has chosen to go down the independent road.
Down to the story: We’re introduced to three high school kids in middle America, one of whom, sees a religious protest at a funeral of a local gay kid. Smith brilliantly uses a class room scene to show us what the area and the kids’ lives are like. The trio of sex curious teens respond to an online ad and go on a road trip to get laid.
Of course it goes wrong, they have landed themselves slap bang in the middle of religious freak land and either tied up or in a cage. Lovely! Smith’s writing and direction here is nothing short of brilliant, beautifully building up the story. Whether it was the content of the film or the script I’m not entirely sure but I found myself getting more frustrated as the story went on. (more…)
