stratus_phere You've got all your talking points. Greedy corporations; ignorant, gullible religious people who are so "economically desperate they will believe anything" (read "cling to their guns and bibles); radio station with a preacher talking about Jesus providing food for your table and bullets for your guns; smarmy liberals chuckling smugly over those impossibly ignorant flyover folks.Liberals should not be allowed to make movies that are not based in Hollywood or NYC. It's amazing to me how wrong they get it when they make movies about religion - Christians in particular. But then again, they exist in an echo chamber, and no new knowledge can squeeze in.

LakiM9 Just found this movie on one old DVD. Well, I have to say I'm shocked, this is a pretty good little thriller.Katherine (Hillary Swank) is an ex-missionary turned scientist and debunker, and she's called to investigate a small town in the deep South where the river has turned red or as some suspect to blood. This is followed in close order by other Biblical plagues. They all seem to to be tied to a young girl living in the woods.Its' "plot driving event" seen at the beginning of the movie is kinda cliché, when the priest is watching Katherine's picture, eyes on it are starting to burn. Similar thing is seen for example in "The Omen", a lot of years ago. Score is totally haunting and is sung by choir, it adds a lot to the movie's creepy atmosphere, so does cinematography with minimal light or with daylight. It is also brilliant framed and the camera work is very enjoyable. Editing is done well, especially when it shows 2 parallel actions. Acting is done nice, especially Swank's part. CGI is also done very well.

Keith Brewin Not a bad film. I like the way it forces you to think about morality as well as religious faith. Like the characters, we are not really certain about what is happening, what has happened and what will happen. They lay it on with a trowel a bit with the close-ups of the knife and the gun, but that forces us to think ahead. (All spoilers from here!!!) I did wonder how they were going to cope with the morality of a woman stabbing a child to death, so that forced me to chose one way or the other. Not unpredictable in the end, and the twist is let down by the fact that we do have a very good way of getting rid of unwanted pregnancies these days.

jadedragoness77 I have to admit I liked this movie. I did not see the twist coming. The acting was great. The mystery was intriguing. The effects were astounding. The plot was enthralling and captivating. I could not find any weakness in this movie whatsoever and I am a big movie buff. If I think a movie sucks I will say so, but this movie did not. I think those saying it did are just trying to conform to what others are saying. I don't think they would know a good movie if it bit them on the ass. Give this movie a chance. No, its not a high budget huge production, but the story holds its own. Its a tiny bit campy with the "religious nuts" blaming and wanting to kill a little girl for what is going on, but the end soooo makes up for all of that. I never pick bad movies and I choose this one. So far everyone I have had watch the movie really likes it as well. I really wish they would come out with the sequel even though this one didn't do great in theaters. Hopefully, they will put it out on DVD and I will buy it. I think it was more of a made for T.V. kind of movie, but still a really good movie.