Red State (2011)
VODRip | English | AVI | 720 x 384 | XviD @ 1905 Kbps | AC3 2.0 @ 448 Kbps | 88 mins | 1,50 Gb
Genre: Horror, Thriller | USA
VODRip | English | AVI | 720 x 384 | XviD @ 1905 Kbps | AC3 2.0 @ 448 Kbps | 88 mins | 1,50 Gb
Genre: Horror, Thriller | USA
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.
Kevin Smith steps his foot into horror territory with this politically tinged fright flick starring Michael Parks (From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse) as a controversial Fred Phelps-ish reverend who brings his own brand of zealotry to a wayward group of teens. Smith directs from his own long-in-development script.Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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The film looks outstanding. It is fast paced and the audience is never static for too long – even during the long Cooper homily - the camera sways, paces and edges uncomfortably close to Parks’ terrifyingly brilliant Cooper. Dave Klein’s gritty cinematography is evident immediately as Jarod (KG) rouses from his drug induced sleep hog-tied and imprisoned in a cage. The glimpses of him in his cage are claustrophobic and, like the running scenes in the film (especially Travis’), intensify the viewing experience because in every case you’re uncomfortably close. The action scenes are also phenomenally constructed and are brutal and frank in their presentation and punctuation. This is reinforced by the sound design (which is minimal) that is so affective for the audience because the sound that is in the film –especially the gunfire – is deafening when it occurs. Smith’s self-effacing “I just let Klein loose” downplays his very specific vision that is explicated throughout - which he edits together skilfully.
Smith’s film is artistically important; because this filmic narrative, like art, challenges preconceived notions. This film repositions fears of religious fundamentalists for American audiences back into the domestic sphere. The fear that Smith is able to conjure with this artwork is the plausibility for a Christian fundamentalist group in the U.S.A to be armed and mobilise. It challenges the right to free ‘hate’ speech and fleetingly tries to warn the boys (via Deborah Aquila’s Mrs. Vasquez) of passive acceptance of such institutions. The film isn’t judgemental toward sex and sexuality – instead challenging conservative Christian notions of a ‘natural moral’ coupling. And finally it illuminates and satirises the role of government and law enforcement in being able to navigate issues of fundamental and hate fuelling religious groups – until they become classified as terrorists, at which time those groups/individuals lose ALL rights (via the Patriot Act).
No More Mirrors.