Red State

Red State is a  buy brand new for us. It is the new Kevin Smith film, possibly his last film as a director. Smith went completely out of his normal comedy induced films to produce this thriller, not so much horror film. This movie is short, sweet and straight to the point lasting only about 88 minutes this film delivers a hefty dose of reality. Red State stars a multitude of actors who worked for near nothing to create this film. Travis (Michael Angaran), Billy-Ray (Nicholas Braun), and Randy (Ronnie Connell) are three typical high school guys in a country town who find a website that is "like Craigslist" for people who what to have sex. Sara (Melissa Leo) is the woman they choose to have sex with, she turns out to be a Christian extremist and member of the Five Points Church. Abin Cooper (Michael Parks) is the leader of the Five Points Church by being the pastor, father, and grandfather of this group of extremist/fundamentalist. All the members of the church are blood relatives or married to one of Abin's children. The movie follows how this fundamentalist group use the bible and word of G-d to kill and torture people they deem evil. Kevin Smith based the Five Points Church and its members on the Phelps family and Westboro Baptist Church. What was so interesting about this film was it is not what you expect from Kevin Smith, there is killing, gun fights, torture, and some fantastic acting sequences. The reason we chose to buy this brand new is not only the fact Kevin Smith did a great job and also did his own fundraising as well as promoting; he did it all like a true independent movie.