Review of Red State (2011) by Chris B — 27 Jun 2014

This movie seems to have no clue of whether it was a horror movie or an action movie. Either way, it's nothing more than anti-Christian propaganda in the guise of a horror movie. Seriously, the film's Christians are passed off as fundamentalist members of a sadistic, anti-gay cult whose leader supposedly makes even the toughest ultra-conservatives cringe.

I guarantee you that this was written by a left-wing atheist, mainly because of how unrealistically evil the Christians here are depicted. It's as though the film's director, Kevin Smith, wants you to think that all Christians are raging fundamentalists like the Westboro Baptist Church, which is simply not true.

In the end, it's not even worth it, because I can't sympathize with anyone. The acting is sub-par, to the point that the only good performance comes from John Goodman, and he's playing an ATF agent.

The worst part about the movie is that there's a scene where Abin Cooper, the main antagonist, goes on a long, hate-filled sermon that makes the first half of the film nearly unbearable. If I paid to see the movie when it was new, then I would have been asking for my money back, because this film stinks out loud.