Kevin Smith is one of those folks that you love him if you like his work, you hate him if you don’t and others have no clue who he even is. Their loss. Silent Bob is awesome and Mallrats will forever be on my short list of favorite 90's movies (in part because of the Joey Lauren Adams changing room scene). So, when I heard that the opinionated and comedy driven Smith was doing a political/religious movie...I was hesitant. But halfway into the movie those fears were dispelled and I watched what would turn out to be one of my favorite Smith films to date.
Plot: When the ultraconservative religious cult, Four Points Church, begins to make a name for itself as a no-nonsense political/religious group, the state begins to take notice. When they become the center of a media storm that involves the whereabouts or deaths of missing homosexuals and "sexual deviants" it attracts the attention of the DEA. When their worst fears are confirmed, and the group is confirmed to have guns, ammo, hostages, and the notion that they are doing the work of God....they become a huge threat. This all ends in a bloody standoff, but to what end?
Thoughts? The movie handles some serious subject matter and gives a glimpse into the world of fanatical groups. It maintains that "Smith-ism" that many have come to love, but offers a different side that nonfans should also enjoy. I say check it out.
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