I have to say, Parks (R.I.P.) fkn nailed it in this film. Every role I have ever seen him he was fantastic. The film also includes a cast of some great actors in a little more than bit parts including John Goodman, Kevin Pollack, and Stephen Root. It's too bad their talents are wasted on such a mediocre film. Obviously influenced by the real life events of Waco and Ruby Ridge, Kevin Smith takes a stab at illustrating the real life dilemma of dealing with religious nuts and the over reach of the government with the patriot act if not a bit lopsided IMO. I think the religious nuts he portrays was not that much exaggerated to what happens in real life. However, although I've never been much of a flag waving, rah , rah, USA type of dude but the way the government is portrayed in this film is cartoonishly laughable. Do I believe that government alphabet soup agencies autonomously act irrationally at times? Yes, but I do believe they would treat a foreign Islam religious nut terrorist quite differently that would treat white, American, ultra right-wing nut jobs. I could definitely believe that they would put the order down to kill everyone on site for an Islam terrorist organization but American "Christians" ? I doubt it. This wasn't the only problem with the film but that stuck out the most to me. It was such a face palm moment. Smith had such a great run in the 90s and then... shit like this. Seems like he blew his load back then as here we are 20 years later and not one decent film.

Red State (2011) - 5 outta 10 stars