by Marc Patterson

C’mon – you know how it goes, so say it loud and say it proud! A-mer-i-ca, Fuck Yeah!  Now get ready for some heavy hitting gutteral horror with Red, White, and Blue, the newest film from Simon Rumley. I was first introduced to Simon Rumley’s work with his incredible film The Living and the Dead (review here).  It was a gripping and visceral experience in horror, as it was heavily grounded in the concrete, the real.  Very rarely is that so competently accomplished in horror these days.   Starring in the film is Marc Senter, who again I’ve been a continual fan of.  There’s not been much of anything that Marc Senter that I haven’t liked.  I can at least quantify that statement to make specific reference to the Jack Ketchum adaptation of The Lost (review here) as a perfect example.  Senter’s portrayal of Ray Pye was about as dead on as you can get, and there’s no arguing that he commits himself to every role he lands.  While Wicked Lake wasn’t as great of a film Senter again committed himself to his role in a way not seen by many in the genre.  The pairing of Rumley and Senter is nothing short of brilliant, and while I want to be hesitant to praise a film that I haven’t seen too much I can’t help but feel confident (if not a bit excited) that Red, White, and Blue is going to turn out to be another sure fire hit.

Cinematical debuted the trailer earlier today to much internet fanfare.  If you haven’t seen it then you should.  From the opening of the trailer things are headed exactly where you think they are.  (and that includes some NSFW moments) I’ll let the folks behind the film give the rundown on what it’s about, but will add that quite a bit of the trailer keeps a tight focus on Noah Taylor, who looks more frightening here than I’ve ever seen him anywhere else.

From the official website:
In Rumley’s tightly woven, darkly emotional tale, the lives of three young people – Erica, Franki and Nate – intertwine in a fateful, tragic way and head down a rocky and violent road to heart-rending oblivion. Erica (Amanda Fuller) lives rent-free in the local co-op, but spends her nights trawling the bars and beds of Austin. Damaged, emotionally withdrawn, never really connecting with anyone, and sleeping with multiple men is just what she does… until she meets the older and mysterious Nate (Noah Taylor), working in a hardware store, but with an “honorable discharge” from Iraq.

Despite his quiet air of danger, Nate’s the only guy who doesn’t seem to want to get her into bed at the first opportunity, and the two form a hesitant bond. But one of Erica’s casual sexual encounters is about to bite back.

Franki (Marc Senter) is a young, hot-headed wannabe rock star trying to make it big. Looking after a sick mother and estranged from his longterm girlfriend, he “shared” Erica with his buddies one drunken evening. It takes a sudden shocking twist of fate to throw his already crazy world into a spin, and in Franki’s eyes there is only one person to blame…

An unashamedly tough and uncompromising movie, Red White & Blue is a fearlessly frank, gut-wrenching romance and a merciless exploration of the futility of violence.

Now view that trailer…