God's Not Dead: We the People

The genre of this movie can be most accurately described as somewhere between dystopian and propaganda. The persecution complex is on full display, as is par for the course for the series. Essentially, this film is a scheme to generate as much money as possible by slapping the name of a franchise on a nearly unrelated film (which is hilarious, because do the filmmakers seriously think that this movie is gonna make any money?) This movie is just barely, and I mean only the slightest bit about Christianity. On the whole, the franchise should've just stopped with one movie.

Basically the Christan fast and furious movies tbt Story is ok, acting kills it.

Could have been good.

As somebody who works in Christan radio and has no choice but to see these.. man it felt like pure rhetoric. Honestly I compare a lot of Christian movies to the movies Hitler was putting out in the peak of his rule.

Sad. I know, too far? Well please go on YouTube and find the dubs of those movies and decide for yourself.

This entire series is laughable, but GND4 just takes the cake for the most preachy, unrealistic, unsubtle garbage yet to come out of what was Pureflix (has a different name now, apparently). I thought they would end this series and move on after the third one-which, I will concede, showed minor improvement over the first two films-didn't do well commercially, but I guess not.

The entire plot of the movie revolves around a non-issue. The government is attempting to force homeschooling Christian families to adhere to a specific curriculum or face fines; apparently it is these families and only them who are targeted, so returning character Reverend Dave resolves to take the matter to Washington to fight for Christians' rights that are supposedly under attack. Tell me, when have Christian homeschooling families ever been treated this way? No one is attempting to ban them from teaching the Bible to their children. It's not the curriculum being attacked, it's Christianity, and the film makes sure to continually drive that point home. Although all of these films wallow in a persecution fantasy, it's particularly egregious here.

The film also spews a gratuitous amount of pro America sentiment which, I noticed, is almost always spoken the loudest by people of colour/ethnic minorities. Case in point: returning character Martin Yip shows up to loudly praise America's virtues, after which he is forgotten about. His only purpose in the film is to have an immigrant vouch for how amazing the USA is.

Besides all that, the film suffered from the usual 'Christian' film issues: bad acting, bad writing, uninspired direction, the works. However, this movie stands out for just how ridiculous, unlikely and in-your-face it is. Not only is it the worst instalment in this series, I have to say it's one of the worst religious films of all time.

Hopefully the faithful will eventually start to demand more from these religious production companies so we can actually get some quality films.

Thegarbagecan-65646, the God haters are not out in full force. People are seeing this movie series for the trash it is. Many Christians are finally realizing how badly written and poorly acted the majority of Pureflix content is. This one is no different from the rest. The acting is very bad, as is the editing. There are too many unnecessary up-close shots. Very little research was done on homeschooling. Social workers do not get involved with homeschooling families unless there is suspicion of abuse. Most states have few regulations with homeschooling with several having none at all. The lack of oversight has led to abuse going unchecked. The Duggars and Turpins are perfect examples of this. This movie wants people to think that any kind of oversight is tyranny. What about the non-Christian and nonreligious families homeschooling their kids? Why are they getting a free pass if they are violating homeschooling regulations? It is obvious this movie is a persecution fantasy. It paints Christians as perfect angels and non-Christians as devils like the first two do. There are a number of unrealistic scenes. The scene where Pastor Dave starts yelling in the court would get anyone held in contempt and risk imprisonment. It's like he got a free pass because he was Christian. The God's Not Dead film series is not massively successful, except in your mind. It has barely made ninety million dollars at the box office. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie made slightly more at the box office than the first one did. It has much better acting, writing, and characterization. It is full of fun and adventure. Those two things are what audiences want, not boring sermons of which these movies are.

The story is wandering and never really pays off. Acting is pretty atrocious, directing and editing are off and allow the film to bog down and drag out the already thin as paper story even longer. It's one big mess.