Red State (Kevin Smith, 2011)

In a partial return to form, Clerks director Kevin Smith moves away from comedy for the first time with a polemic-come-action horror film revolving around horny teenagers coming up against loony Christian fundamentalists in the Bible Belt. As a summary, that still sounds very much like comedy material, but top note is Deliverance and not Dukes of Hazzard.
Conceptually, it's not particularly novel, and Smith's obviously deep-felt attack on gun-toting religious zealots is rather heavy-handed, but it is served well by some great turns from veteran actors such as John Goodman and changes tack unexpectedly enough at several junctures to keep up the interest level regardless of the bluntness of its delivery.

5/10