Red State

I had high hopes for Red State because I like Kevin Smith and i like the majority of his work. I also think the lunatics that he is portraying are just that lunatics, and I love him making fun of those terrible people who protest funerals.  But it just fails to satisfy me. First on acting/ There are only2 standouts: John Goodman and Michael Parks. Goodman as the man who is called to come deal with the situation at this compound. And Parks as the head of these murderous crazy people who see themselves as cleaning the earth of the wicked. His calm nature makes him very creepy. Everyone else just was meh, and forgettable. The first scene in the church is actually pretty good, where the Park character distorts and perverts the word of God for his own means, it is both irritating and disturbing. But it goes on too long. You get then point and he is still rambling. I found myself wanting everyone in that compound to take a lead implant to the face, but i do not get my wish. The end left me wanting. Sure they were locked up, but show me some punishment. And the reason they basically turn themselves over is a bit of a stretch. It was also bland. Flet like the movie had no identity. Not horror, thriller, action, or comedy. It has aspects of all, but doesn't really give me much of any. It just hit so many mosques with so few shining points it was hardly worth finishing. Want an entertaining farse about religion? watch Dogma. Very funny.