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THE RELIANT had one thing going for it right off the blocks. Adventure stories about the survivors of apocalypse and societal breakdown are still fashionable and always fun. Fans of this genre will even spot you a plot hole or two if you make it exciting enough for them. This movie, however, doesn't earn the benefit of the doubt.

Some will say this movie fails because it's a Christian film. That's not the reason. The faith element could have been both a central and interesting part of a cool movie night had things been done well, but they weren't. The filmmakers squander all the built-in good will that comes with a popular style in favor of bad writing and unsubtle sermonizing.

Like many here, I really wanted to like this movie ... but I can't. Having a positive faith message simply doesn't compensate for bad filmmaking. The irony is the message would have been more powerful and better received if the story had been allowed to do its work without the moralizing, one-dimensional narrative dialogue so plentiful in this movie. The ham-handed obviousness in THE RELIANT can be legitimately described as offputting and reveals a fundamental misunderstanding among the filmmakers about how messages are more effectively conveyed. Simply put, in this movie, there's too much telling and not enough showing and, while brimming with faith in God, it seems to have little faith in audience.

At the same time dialogue is being wielded like a blunt instrument, the filmmakers target the LCD with an unforgivably hackneyed and most assuredly counterproductive pro-gun message guaranteed to trigger gun control proponents (and rightly so). It's nervy to break out the old "guns don't kill people, people kill people" and "If you criminalize guns, only criminals will have guns" bromides, then link them to Christianity as if somehow the two are monolithically related. Spoiler alert: They aren't. Even as someone who supports the Second Amendment, I empathize with the great many people of faith who might find these suggestions to be an embarrassing misrepresentation of their beliefs, if not outright offensive.

Even setting aside the messaging misfires, not much is well in THE RELIANT. The acting performances are at worst eye-rolling and at best workmanlike. The production values are nothing special. Some plot devices are simply too contrived to support any suspension of disbelief. Perhaps worst of all, the well meaning focus on faith suffocates because it endeavors to push us rather than to lead us.

This film gets three stars only because, sadly, there are plenty of films out there that are worse.

We walked out after 35 minutes. Really wanted to like this movie, as the subject matter is relevant to me, but just thought it was really bad. Terrible acting, weak story line, dialog was silly and predictable and the starring actors were only in the first five minutes + may have been in later scenes but I just had to leave, it was just so lack luster). I support the message the film was trying to deliver, but it was just too much praise and no substance.. sorry, u really dislike this film...got a refund from theatre ..

Seriously how do movies like this get made in these days my only guess is that it was entirely funded by the NRA which then had a heavy hand in directing this movie. Basically this movie is about guns and God in other words its about the NRA. Whats worst is that it seems to be preaching to adolescents that you better get your guns because who knows when the world will end

I really wish I could give (-) star. The most irritating female characters I have seen in a while

Heavy handed evangelism, confusing leaps in the plot, inhuman characters, hilariously bad acting. Casual violence mixed with gun worship. Honestly no redeeming qualities.

This movie is just plain boring. The plot makes no sense, the acting is wooden and it just never ends! To be fair, production value is decent. They did not cheap out.

Note, the person who wrote this movie has the top voted comment here... that should tell you something...

Well that's 90 minutes I'll never get back. The description of this movie is misleading... no where does it say this is a religious movie. It's heavy handed in its preaching. The acting is wooden, and the script is non dimensional. This movie is best shown at neo-con's churches, in my opinion.

I hated this movie so much. It doesn't even know what it's doing half the time. It's like they didn't care they just wanted a "Christian 'edgy'" movie that completely missed the point of what it was trying to say.

This got several 1 stars so I almost didn't watch it. So I thought I would add another review. If you are offended by Christianity or a positive view point of guns you may not like this film, and I think would be the source of 1 star reviews. The writing and acting are not great, but that is true of many major films as well. I gave this a middle score, I watched the entire show and was entertained. So if you don't mind shows with a little less polish and recognize it is a film with a specific message you may enjoy it.

I love what the team has put together here. I've mostly given up on finding a movie worth the time, so it's a double pleasure seeing this. A superbly done movie... with a worthwhile msg!

Things go south really fast. Obviously a very right leaning propaganda piece that connects the Secind Amendment and the Bible. This will turn many off. As a straight up action film it's very uneven and just short of preachy. Definitely geared to a particular audience.

Absolutely silly rubbish. No amount of alcohol can make me re-watch that. A total waste of my time and money watching this farce of a movie. Words cannot express how horrible this movie is. Watching paint dry is quicker & more interesting. 7th grade school project? High ratings is from wanker friends of the cast and crew.

Like some of the other deadbeat actors, whenever this guy is among the main cast list, it's doomed to be a very bad, not just bad B-movie. Unlike Nicholas Cage, his movies in recent years are about 80% bad, but at least there's still 20% of them barely watchable; but not E. R.'s movies, 'cause he's already become one of the certified, patented trade marks of bad screenplay, bad cast, non-exist directing, going-nowhere, extremely torturing bad, worse and even worst B movies you'd encounter. Just run away or simply disregard, even it's just $1.00 or $1.50 for rental.

I really like Kevin Sorbo including "God's Not Dead" and "Let there be light." However this last movie was a big miss. The writing was lazy and bad, the acting was bad and the plot included an unbelievable twist of unrelated events -coupled with cliche bible versus. This work did not live up to the Kevin Sorbo "standard" that I know. I like that Kevin takes on difficult issues -stands strong for our savior and against evil. More importantly I typically look forward to his movies. This last one, I am sad to say was just horrible. He is better than this. Something went terribly wrong with "The Reliant."

Wow was this terrible. No, like really really horrible.

The lesson we are suppose to learn from this movie is...Trust in God but always carry a gun because God wants you to defend yourself against all the evil in the world. The acting isn't good and the story jumps around so much I wasn't sure who was who. It's heavy on the religious preaching and could well be a propaganda film produced by the NRA. It was so cringe-worthy I couldn't finish it.

If you don't turn this off after thirty minutes, I'll be shocked. It's truly that bad. Cliche characters and terrible dialogue. Next!

... it would blow like nothing else before. This movie doesn't know if it's coming or going. Terribly written, badly acted, subpar cinematography and abysmal direction. The production value comes down to whatever they had access to, like an ugly suburban house and the woods behind it

The political & tribal messages are hilariously cheesy, and it comes off as desperate. A child could have come up with a more coherent story, but I guess adult brains are scarce among the people who make and watch schlock like this. In the immortal words of Hercules: "DISAPPOINTED!"

Great movie! Every citizen has the right to defend himself and his family.

This movie is a lot better than I had expected from seeing the trailers.

However, that does not make it a masterpiece.

Pros:

. Solid cinematography

. Quality production design (for the most part)

. Kevin Sorbo

. Nice score/sound editing

. Some decent action scenes

. Other compelling moments of writing/direction supported by the actors

All that said, good or even great scenes here and there don't make for a truly transformative viewing experience- there has to be more, and unfortunately, that's where I think this film stumbles to deliver.

Cons:

. This is a 2 hour and 20 minute long film (from what I can find online). To me, it dragged hard in places, and should have been chopped down to an hour and a half.

. Characters: Some motivations feel unclear/contradictory. A number of arcs seem rushed/incomplete/written from the end forward. Possibly too many superfluous roles as well.

. Show me, don't tell me: a good chunk of the storytelling gets imparted though talking expositional dumps- visually uncreative.

. The movie's tone shifts quite sharply on occasion. Not always a bad thing, but it's a little abrupt at times when swinging from solemn to sweetness.

Now, for everything else, I have this last list of mixed bag items...

"Pons":

. The acting visible here is on a moving spectrum- most times just fine, sometimes even pretty good, and other times kind of cringe inducing

. Dialog is ok, a little campy in a lot of places for my taste though

. Editing is decent, though I noticed several hard fades to black- it maybe could be said to lack a little creativity in spots

. Direction is alright, but I just feel like this whole concept had way more potential than what was ultimately realized on screen.

In summary, I'd say it's nothing too awesome, but nothing too bad either.

As someone who also works in this business and holds many Judeo-Christian beliefs, I'm excited to see new filmmakers come out of this community, but I'm also disappointed that we have yet to see consistent high caliber (and that does NOT mean high-budget) productions being produced.

Maybe one day one day there will be a Christian Tarantino-type who comes onto the scene, but I haven't found them yet.

We'll either just have to keep waiting...

or embody the change we want to see...

See ya 'round, fellas!

I knew it was doomed when I saw Eric Roberts was in it, terrible acting and It looks like they only got one take (I doubt they even got paid, just tea and cheap biscwits)... Turned it off at 17 minutes, I'll probably have nightmares now.

When you think it couldn't get worse, guess what, it got worse.