Review of Red State (2011) by Thomas W — 08 Jun 2016
A big break from what you expect from Kevin Smith... This delivers a shot to the front of your dome. A Satire of the far right fundamentalists, while giving equal measure to corruptible nature of a government without checks and balances.
My only understanding as to why this has been rated so low is because it offends the religious right and the liberal left at the same time.
The score is haunting and the entire film has a very dark tone, we've seen Kevin doing comedy, we've even seen some drama. But this I think was something completely new from him. If it didn't have his name all over it, I'd swear it was from Quentin Tarantino. The hyper-violent nature, the fact that everyone is corruptible, the fact that noone is safe... It was fucking beautiful.
And I just looked this up, it was number 8 on QT's list of films of 2011.
Been doing a bit of a Kevin Smith "Binge" and this certainly was jarring and different from his other works. Well done good sir, well done.
This review of Red State (2011) was written by Thomas W on 08 Jun 2016.
Red State has generally received mixed reviews.
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