RED WHITE and BLUE

      AMANDA FULLER   NOAH TAYLOR   MARC SENTER

ERICA (FULLER) EXISTS IN A WORLD OF SLEAZY BARS, DEAD END JOBS AND ONE NIGHT STANDS.  ONE NIGHT SHE BEDS FRANKI (SENTER) AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT MEETING SETS OFF A FURY OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO A BRUTAL HORRIFYING AND VIOLENT RESULT, WITH NATE (TAYLOR) THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM.
THIS IS A GRITTY MOVIE THAT NEVER LETS UP IN A RELENTLESS PUSH OF REALISTIC SEEDINESS.  THE STORY WILL SHOCK YOU, IT WILL SADDEN YOU AND IT WILL PROBABLY LEAVE YOU FEELING A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS KNOWING THAT THIS IS A STORY THAT COULD HAPPEN IN ANY TOWN, AND THAT IS WHY THIS MOVIE IS SO TERRIFYING.
AS ERICA, FULLER GIVES AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.  SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A CHILD, ERICA HAS GROWN UP SEEING MEN ONLY AS OBJECTS TO USE, WHICH SEE DOES, UNABLE TO CONNECT EMOTIONALLY.  SHE HAS VERY LITTLE JOY IN HER LIFE, AND MOST OF HER TIME IS SPENT WORKING, DRINKING AND HAVING SEX.  FULLER BRINGS ALL THIS, AND MORE, TO HER CHARACTER.
FRANKI IS SOMEWHAT OF A JERK.  THE ONLY THING HE CARES ABOUT IS HIS CANCER STRICKEN MOTHER; HE USES HIS FRIENDS, ABUSES HIS JOB AND MAKES SOME VERY BAD CHOICES THAT SCREW UP HIS LIFE.  AS FRANKI, SENTER GIVES A PERFORMANCE THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO HATE HIM ONE MINUTE AND THEN FEEL SORRY FOR HIM THE NEXT.  FRANKI IS PROBABLY THE MOST LIKABLE, BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING MUCH.
NATE IS THE MOST TERRIFYING AND SCARY CHARACTER I HAVE SEEN IN A MOVIE IN QUITE A LONG TIME.  FROM HIS TELLING ERICA ABOUT HOW HE USED TO TORTURE FAMILY PETS TO THE SAVAGE REVENGE HE PERFORMS IN THE LAST THIRD OF THE MOVIE, YOUR EYES WILL BE GLUED TO HIM THROUGHOUT.  TAYLOR HAS CHOSEN TO PORTRAY NATE AS A SOFT SPOKEN, CALM AND VERY METHODICAL MADMAN.  IT IS A PERFORMANCE THAT SHOULD NOT BE MISSED.
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE FOR EVERYONE.  THE FIRST TWO THIRDS ARE ALMOST LIKE A CHARACTER STUDY OF ERICA AND FRANKI, WHICH ONLY SETS UP THE LAST THIRD, WHERE WE LEARN ALL ABOUT NATE AND JUST HOW CRAZY AND VIOLENT HE IS.  IF YOU LIKE GRITTY IN YOUR FACE THRILLER/HORROR MOVIES, THEN THIS IS THE ONE FOR YOU.
RATING  3.5 out of 5