As a Christian, I have to say most Christian entertainment is just terrible and poorly written, directed, and produced. Maybe 5% of all Christian media is actually good. And by good, I mean something that people who expect something to entertain them could enjoy that doesn't insult them at the same time. And also something that even non-Christians could enjoy because it's just a good film.
But people who have never sat down and watched anything in their lives or who had very low standards could only enjoy this film.
The basic premise is three ex-cons get pulled over in a small town for reasons that are hard to understand. One of the three ex-cons ends up hitting a police officer in the back of a head with a bottle of liquor, which he got, for some reason, from a palm reader. This ends up in the officer arresting them, finding a heap of unpaid tickets in the glove compartment (played for comedy but only appeals to crickets.) So they get arrested.
But they get off on the condition they provide community service to a local church. One ex-con will be the new worship leader and another ex-con will be their new preacher. I forget what the third did (and I just watched the movie) because the plot line is so vapid that you want to memory erase it from your head as soon as you see it. Oh, and all three ex-cons will get to live in the church patronage for free, because why not.
Keep in mind none of these ex-cons are Christians. The so-called preacher is an avowed atheist.
And then there's a hot young woman in charge of putting them to work, which they all have instant lust for. Such a Christian movie. There is a scene later in the movie where it's revealed one of the members, who got them out to do community service, is stealing money from the church with the plans to build a mega church and turn the ex-con atheist preacher into a televangelist. Then the ex-con atheist preacher quits, because he's found a better way of life because he's got the hots for the woman in the church.
This is not a Christian movie. It's such a tired trope that the godless man comes to fall in love with a good Christian girl so he sees the error of his ways and gives his life to God. That is not Biblical. Jesus saves, hot women in the church don't save.
There is a scene in the movie where God gives the atheist ex-con preacher a vision, but the scene instead of being inspiring only is offensive. God is portrayed as a comedian, making light of salvation and redemption.
The ex-con preacher realizes that God gave him a plan to take down the plots of the man who was stealing money from the church. The next scene revealing part of that plan? He and the worship leader (who has a beard) dress up as women and go to a bar to seduce him and trick him. Yeah, so now not only in a "Christian movie" have we gone from an atheist becoming a preacher of a church with no pastoral training at all, lust being the driving motivation for the main character, and now cross dressing, which is against the Bible, and deceit. And the worship leader didn't even shave his beard when he dressed up as a woman. And the guy they are targeting is turned on by this.
If God actually gave that ex-con athiest preacher a plan, it wouldn't be so un Biblical.
Who wrote this tripe?
This was produced by the World Revival Church of Kansas City. Yes, it was written by their pastor, Steve Gray. They actually had a relatively entertaining skit show that aired on local TV in the KC area in the early/mid 2000s that wasn't polished but was decent. But even the devil can put on a good show and appear as an angel of light, so what?
If this is what a popular church in the area is producing, then I will go with the Bible-you will know them by their fruit. This is rotten fruit, and puts into question the entire ministry of one man and his wife. And the saints falling for it and thinking this is good entertainment are the blind saints, indeed.
If you are a God fearing Christian, do not watch this movie. It is unsufferable and no matter how much I gave it a chance to redeem itself, it only slid further down a slippery slope into something awful. If the pastor reads this review, I hope he gets on his knees and repents and calls out to Jesus to show him who He truly is. I will be praying for pastor Steve Gray, too. Becuase the day is going to come he has to stand before God and answer for what he wrote and produced with this movie. I hope by then the pastor has it under the blood and it's forgotten. If you watch this movie, you will want to forget it, too.
But people who have never sat down and watched anything in their lives or who had very low standards could only enjoy this film.
The basic premise is three ex-cons get pulled over in a small town for reasons that are hard to understand. One of the three ex-cons ends up hitting a police officer in the back of a head with a bottle of liquor, which he got, for some reason, from a palm reader. This ends up in the officer arresting them, finding a heap of unpaid tickets in the glove compartment (played for comedy but only appeals to crickets.) So they get arrested.
But they get off on the condition they provide community service to a local church. One ex-con will be the new worship leader and another ex-con will be their new preacher. I forget what the third did (and I just watched the movie) because the plot line is so vapid that you want to memory erase it from your head as soon as you see it. Oh, and all three ex-cons will get to live in the church patronage for free, because why not.
Keep in mind none of these ex-cons are Christians. The so-called preacher is an avowed atheist.
And then there's a hot young woman in charge of putting them to work, which they all have instant lust for. Such a Christian movie. There is a scene later in the movie where it's revealed one of the members, who got them out to do community service, is stealing money from the church with the plans to build a mega church and turn the ex-con atheist preacher into a televangelist. Then the ex-con atheist preacher quits, because he's found a better way of life because he's got the hots for the woman in the church.
This is not a Christian movie. It's such a tired trope that the godless man comes to fall in love with a good Christian girl so he sees the error of his ways and gives his life to God. That is not Biblical. Jesus saves, hot women in the church don't save.
There is a scene in the movie where God gives the atheist ex-con preacher a vision, but the scene instead of being inspiring only is offensive. God is portrayed as a comedian, making light of salvation and redemption.
The ex-con preacher realizes that God gave him a plan to take down the plots of the man who was stealing money from the church. The next scene revealing part of that plan? He and the worship leader (who has a beard) dress up as women and go to a bar to seduce him and trick him. Yeah, so now not only in a "Christian movie" have we gone from an atheist becoming a preacher of a church with no pastoral training at all, lust being the driving motivation for the main character, and now cross dressing, which is against the Bible, and deceit. And the worship leader didn't even shave his beard when he dressed up as a woman. And the guy they are targeting is turned on by this.
If God actually gave that ex-con athiest preacher a plan, it wouldn't be so un Biblical.
Who wrote this tripe?
This was produced by the World Revival Church of Kansas City. Yes, it was written by their pastor, Steve Gray. They actually had a relatively entertaining skit show that aired on local TV in the KC area in the early/mid 2000s that wasn't polished but was decent. But even the devil can put on a good show and appear as an angel of light, so what?
If this is what a popular church in the area is producing, then I will go with the Bible-you will know them by their fruit. This is rotten fruit, and puts into question the entire ministry of one man and his wife. And the saints falling for it and thinking this is good entertainment are the blind saints, indeed.
If you are a God fearing Christian, do not watch this movie. It is unsufferable and no matter how much I gave it a chance to redeem itself, it only slid further down a slippery slope into something awful. If the pastor reads this review, I hope he gets on his knees and repents and calls out to Jesus to show him who He truly is. I will be praying for pastor Steve Gray, too. Becuase the day is going to come he has to stand before God and answer for what he wrote and produced with this movie. I hope by then the pastor has it under the blood and it's forgotten. If you watch this movie, you will want to forget it, too.