The Trump Prophecy

This "movie" is among the least substantive, most pearl-clutchingly vapid pieces of media I've ever seen.

It is devoid of anything meaningful, and appears to only exist as a method of moving money between private parties.

This is the sixth movie (out of 930) that I've awarded a single star. It is truly awful.

I should point out that I'm not really a Trump fan and a lapsed Christian. I've always found the Christian support of Trump somewhat puzzling since he seems to me to be one of the least Christian people you could ever wish to meet.

Anyway the film tells the story of a firefighter Mark Taylor who suffering from PTSD has a prophecy that Trump will become president. This is played out through the first part of the movie and there is undoubtedly an interesting story in it. Anyway unfortunately that was ignored in favour of pushing christian and right wing rhetoric. The second half of the film was an uncomfortable watch and I have no doubt many people would struggle to make it to the end of the film. Anyway I did make it to the end of the film, so I'm comfortable with awarding it with 1 star.

I'll say right now I'm not a fan of Trump but I find his support by the Republicans and the evangelical community to be puzzling. The man is a New York Liberal. He was a registered democrat for most of his life. He never was a religious or pious man. He's been married three times, cheated on every single wife he has and yet is seen as being a family man.

How is this even possible? It's because some people simply don't care who the candidate is and just blindly support the guy with a "D" or "R" beside his name. And this movie is a perfect example of this.

For some reason we're dealing with people that believe that God not only exists but actually cares about how is in charge of the United States. He doesn't seemingly care about any other country like North Korea. No, only the United States matters in his eyes or at least that's what a lot of American evangelicals seem to believe.

What we have in this movie is terrible acting. Terrible special effects. Terrible reasons for supporting Donald Trump and a desire to ignore all the bad stuff he's done.

And yet the faithful will go see it, praise it's message, and give it 10/10 because they're a bunch of sheep. There's a reason why a congregation is called a "flock". They just sit there and accept whatever is told to them.

Maybe they'll wake up in a couple of years when America is no longer a superpower.

This blatant propaganda piece was so bad, it changed me from a lurker to an actual reviewer on this website for the first time in over a decade. Acting was atrocious, the dialogue was delivered with the same gusto of a middle school play, and that's not even touching on the subject matter.

Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. Hard stop. As long as you are not bothering me or someone I love, or interfering with the freedom of others, I could care less what you believe.

It's really hard to apply that philosophy when you are dealing with a dangerous cult that is wanting to transform society to reflect their own narrow interpretation of a 3000-year-old text.

"Movies" like these are designed to appeal to the ignorant and uneducated, stir up their hostilities through their confirmation biases, and have them walk away from the experience more deeply entrenched in their bubbles, ready to take on "the libs". That term, of course, has slowly transformed over the course of the years to mean every single person that does not 100% agree with them.

This movie was physically painful to watch, and even more agonizing knowing that other people were buying into it hook, line, and sinker. These are sad times, friends.

Poorly-made propaganda. Don't waste your time, even if you're just watching it for a laugh.