Quite the drama surrounded Red State, from the Clerks guy, Kevin Smith. Most famously, Smith bought Red State and released it himself. That was back in January at Sundance. So, now that the movie has finally made it to this neck of the woods, what's it like?
Set in middle America, a group of teenagers end up in a whole heap of trouble after receiving an online invitation for some nooky. When they arrive at the lovin’ location, things take a turn for the worse and they end up being abducted by religious fundamentalists and are kept prisoner in a compound run by Abin Copper (Michael Parks). For the later half of the movie, the story changes into a violent escape from the nutjobs coupled with a police siege led up by John Goodman.
Red State is essentially a movie of 2 quite distinctive halves. And it’s the first half that really hammers home the religious fundamentalist crackpots, and it really puts out the perception that these people are walking amongst us, every single day. This is made more convincing by a pretty decent cast, in particular Michael Parks, who is rather outstanding. Alas, the second half doesn’t make as much of an impact. Out is the creepy, eerie almost terrifying fundamentalism and in comes your average shoot out, which to be fair, isn’t that bad as it twists, turns and fires magazines of bullets around the place, coupled with a rather healthier looking John Goodman.
Performance wise, there are a few unknowns here, but Parks is on fire, and his followers all rock the subservient vibe rather well. The teenagers are very likeable and you make a connection with them quite quickly which in turn helps as the story unfolds and you really feel sorry for them.The movie does move at a decent enough pace and your not really left hanging around in any capacity.
I’m genuinely a big fan of Kevin Smith, and this is certainly a different departure for him compared to the rest of his filmography. There’s no point in hammering on about why he made this movie and the drama surrounding it. That’s old news. Instead, take this as a movie from the filmmaker Kevin Smith, not the Clerks guy. By no means is it amazing, but it’s solid enough to make it more than watchable.
Quite the drama surrounded Red State, from the Clerks guy, Kevin Smith. Most famously, Smith bought Red State and released it himself. That was back in January at Sundance. So, now that the movie has finally made it to this neck of the woods, what's it like?
Set in middle America, a group of teenagers end up in a whole heap of trouble after receiving an online invitation for some nooky. When they arrive at the lovin’ location, things take a turn for the worse and they end up being abducted by religious fundamentalists and are kept prisoner in a compound run by Abin Copper (Michael Parks). For the later half of the movie, the story changes into a violent escape from the nutjobs coupled with a police siege led up by John Goodman.
Red State is essentially a movie of 2 quite distinctive halves. And it’s the first half that really hammers home the religious fundamentalist crackpots, and it really puts out the perception that these people are walking amongst us, every single day. This is made more convincing by a pretty decent cast, in particular Michael Parks, who is rather outstanding. Alas, the second half doesn’t make as much of an impact. Out is the creepy, eerie almost terrifying fundamentalism and in comes your average shoot out, which to be fair, isn’t that bad as it twists, turns and fires magazines of bullets around the place, coupled with a rather healthier looking John Goodman.
Performance wise, there are a few unknowns here, but Parks is on fire, and his followers all rock the subservient vibe rather well. The teenagers are very likeable and you make a connection with them quite quickly which in turn helps as the story unfolds and you really feel sorry for them.The movie does move at a decent enough pace and your not really left hanging around in any capacity.
I’m genuinely a big fan of Kevin Smith, and this is certainly a different departure for him compared to the rest of his filmography. There’s no point in hammering on about why he made this movie and the drama surrounding it. That’s old news. Instead, take this as a movie from the filmmaker Kevin Smith, not the Clerks guy. By no means is it amazing, but it’s solid enough to make it more than watchable.
OMG! OH MY GOD! OOOOHHHH MMMYYY GOOOOODDDD!!! It’s Taylor. No doubt those are the words of many a Twihard when they see their favourite werewolf (or whatever the hell he is) in Abduction.
I also say OH MY GOD!!! But not for the same reasons. In a pea-sized nutshell, Abduction follows the story of a one time werewolf, sorry, young man, who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding a baby photo on a missing persons website. So he sets off on this “action adventure” of a quest kicking butt as he goes etc.
The story doesn’t matter here at all, because you’re going to spend most of your time, cringing at the screen. You may as well have a stopwatch out to time how long it takes for Lautner to get his shirt off. At least you can pass the time.
There are very few great action heroes. Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, Smith and even the Rock. But Lautner is not even in the same universe, because when he starts to kick butt it is cringetastic. Take the little fracas on a train. Even though there is some nice camera work, the whole thing seems incredibly forced and false, and is primarily let down by Lautner’s clunky and fake performance. He’s just not got the look for a badass. And if he has any sense, he should avoid the action genre completely.
I could go on, but I’m not going to waste anymore of your time reading this review and you shouldn’t waste any time going to see this pile of clunky and pointless cash in on the whole Twilight werewolf actor thing. Rubbish!
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OMG! OH MY GOD! OOOOHHHH MMMYYY GOOOOODDDD!!! It’s Taylor. No doubt those are the words of many a Twihard when they see their favourite werewolf (or whatever the hell he is) in Abduction.
I also say OH MY GOD!!! But not for the same reasons. In a pea-sized nutshell, Abduction follows the story of a one time werewolf, sorry, young man, who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding a baby photo on a missing persons website. So he sets off on this “action adventure” of a quest kicking butt as he goes etc.
The story doesn’t matter here at all, because you’re going to spend most of your time, cringing at the screen. You may as well have a stopwatch out to time how long it takes for Lautner to get his shirt off. At least you can pass the time.
There are very few great action heroes. Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, Smith and even the Rock. But Lautner is not even in the same universe, because when he starts to kick butt it is cringetastic. Take the little fracas on a train. Even though there is some nice camera work, the whole thing seems incredibly forced and false, and is primarily let down by Lautner’s clunky and fake performance. He’s just not got the look for a badass. And if he has any sense, he should avoid the action genre completely.
I could go on, but I’m not going to waste anymore of your time reading this review and you shouldn’t waste any time going to see this pile of clunky and pointless cash in on the whole Twilight werewolf actor thing. Rubbish!
All I have to say on this matter is that I hope it's true. Kurt Russell could only tip this thing over the edge with it's already superb cast and director.
Django Unchained hits cinemas Christmas 2012.
All I have to say on this matter is that I hope it's true. Kurt Russell could only tip this thing over the edge with it's already superb cast and director.
Django Unchained hits cinemas Christmas 2012.
