Film's not that good but it's worth seeing Michael Park's performance. He holds the film together. John Goodman is always good in anything he does.
Kevin Smith rambles too much as a screenwriter. It may work on the page but definitely does not work on the screen. The sermon scene goes on far too long. We get the fact that this church is going to kill the boys. I understand you want to build the tension and the horror but once we understand what's happening, it becomes overkill.
The Waco-shootout was nicely handled. Smith gets across how conflicted the FBI agents are.
The whole thing about Gabriel blowing his horn is poorly handled. The explanation is given via a long dialogue by Goodman's character at the end. See my rambling comment above.
I can see why Smith had such a hard time finding a distributor for the film. However, it's much better than a lot of dreck that manages to get a DVD release.
At least Smith had something to say.
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