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Michael Parks, John Goodman, Kyle Gallner, Michael Angarano, Melissa Leo, Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishé, Kevin Alejandro, Anna Gunn, Haley Ramm, Stephen Root (mehr)Streaming (2)
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Wenn man in einem Red State aufwächst, ist alles, was Spaß macht, verboten. Red State, das sind Bundesstaaten fest in republikanischer Hand. Deswegen verabreden sich Jared (Kyle Gallner), Travis (Michael Angarano) und Billy Ray (Nicholas Braun) online mit einer Dame (Melissa Leo), die schnellen und schmutzigen Sex verspricht. Doch das Treffen verläuft anders als geplant, denn hinter der Kontaktanzeige steht die christlich-fundamentalistische Sekte unter der Führung des Predigers Abin Cooper (Michael Parks), die an den Jugendlichen stellvertretend für eine verdorbene Nation die Rache Gottes nehmen will. Die sogenannte „Cooper-Family" sieht die Heranwachsenden als Musterbeispiele für die Verkommenheit des kompletten Landes – an ihnen soll deswegen ein Exempel statuiert werden. Auf dem abgeriegelten Privatgelände, auf dem die Sekte in der eigenen Kirche betet, beginnt für die drei Jungs der Schauprozess... (Verleiher-Text)
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Red State has the misfortune of not having much of a chance to appeal to the only two groups of viewers that would like to watch it. Kevin Smith’s fans like his films mainly because of the humour, not the ideology. Smith's criticism of everything is, as expected, very ubiquitous and the film pulls no punches, but the humour is present only in trace amounts – for instance, when you chuckle at one of the characters and say “what a douchebag”. Horror fans won’t find much, either. But if you’re willing to appreciate the excellent technical aspect, the ingenious structure of the story, the alternation of genres (the most accurate description: a religious-political dramatic thriller with action passages and a pinch of exploitation horror), etc., you will be satisfied. Red State is by no means original or ingenious, but in a time when ideology has almost disappeared from movies, I’m happy to see even a little of it (even though I can’t say I subscribe to the critical message).
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I don’t understand what the hell Kevin Smith is doing. If he kept his promises, he might do better. Everything would be better than a pseudo horror about a bunch of nerds who want to enjoy themselves, so they try to hook up with some grandma online and only find out on the spot that it is in fact a cult. Kevin Smith’s dialogues are alright, but the problem is that the film is neither funny nor as shocking as he’d like. And it’s made even more boring by the fact that everyone from the cult is terribly normal, uninteresting, pretending that everything happening in the film is fine. It’s not.
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Religious fanatics are dangerous, and the US security forces can do pretty much whatever they want after 9/11. How revealing. The runtime felt like six hours, that’s how mind-numbingly bored I was. If someone wasn't giving a half-hour lecture, someone's life was on the line. Unfortunately, I found everyone so "likable" that I just couldn’t care less. The film annoyed me to no end, although Kevin Smith does know how to make a good film. I was going to boo this, but I ended up giving it one star for its original display of automatic weapons.
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