Faith Under Fire

This is incessant whining at its finest! Why is it that the religious in the US are the biggest whiners around? They constantly say they are being persecuted yet they are the ones doing the persecuting. Silly, silly film.

Let's start with the student film cinematography. Poor lighting, janky focus pulling, and cliché movements. Now we'll move to the the questionable editing. The movie was put together like someone found footage. Poor transitions, jumbled scenes, odd cuts. Maybe not entirely the editor's fault. I get the feeling there wasn't enough coverage. The producers either never heard of sound design or couldn't afford it. The acting was mediocre, at best, and the casting a mess. Set design didn't even exist. The directing was missing in action. So many poor choices. The director owes all the actors an apology. The entire film was like watching audition tapes. Ultimately, the blame falls on the director. He had what could have been a really great story, but lacked the talent to tell it. You can see the potential in the very few scenes that barely shown through this heap of garbage. Disappointing doesn't even cover the feeling. Bad. Bad. Bad. If this movie's budget was $2.5 million then the producers belong in jail for embezzlement.

The acting was a bit mediocre. The writing was a bit contrived, especially at the beginning. There could have been better character development. It started slow but by the midpoint it picked up and became a very powerful movie. Oh, and have tissue handy. You'll need them.

And as for the Atheists and Agnostics who hunt down Christian movies to down vote them, we get it. You're too closed-minded to understand and accept people can believe differently than you. God is a big God and it takes a lot of negative emotional energy to maintain your rejection of Him and that negative energy overflows into the bitterness and anger you pour out on those of us who do not reject Him. But there's something you need to understand. Some movies are targeted to people with specific lifestyle/philosophies/worldviews and those movies not targeted to my core philosophy I don't review since I'm not the target audience, so my opinion is meaningless and irrelevant. Thus your reviews are equally irrelevant.

Obvious low budget film. Kevin Sorbo is in it for 8 minutes or so. What Hospital puts a patient bed in front of shelves holding hospital supplies? The young girl was placed in ICU but it's the same room. In spite of these flaws and some terrible acting by some of the secondary players, the story is compelling. The young actress playing the daughter is very good. The story however is compelling and will bring tears to your eyes. It challenges the oft asked question as to how God can allow personal suffering. There are no easy answers. Not an easy film to watch if you have suffered a personal loss.

Terrible film, with even worse acting. If this was a tv pilot, it would have concreted their cancellation. Clearly someone tried, but you need more than that for a decent film.