Beyond the Next Mountain

This particular Christian movie is most definitely not the work product of the evangelical film industry although that is its subject. It gets the full blown A treatment in production value including some great location work in India, some of the most remote parts of it where our story is primarily located.

It is a confirmed truth and not just in a religious view that no one knows the extent of influence one has in one's life. That is for good or for evil. In this case Richard Lineback came to British India as a missionary, quite alone and going into a remote area to evangelize a tribe out there, most hostile to any authority let alone outsiders like the British. He does his thing and leaves for reasons I won't go into.

The film is the story of the work he did, to use the evangelical expression the seeds he planted. The son of a disciple visits him decades later where he's now living suffering the infirmities of old age. Now played by Jon Lormer he listens to the mission that Alberto Isaac is on and what has brought him to Toronto where he now lives.

Beyond The Next Mountain is a good film with an invaluable lesson to teach whether one takes in the religious message it is wrapped in or not.

PROS

+ Wonderful testimony of planting seeds, and waiting patiently for the fruits, no matter if that takes decades or does not even bear full fruit during someone's lifetime.

+ Great display of faith in action.

+ Good defense of the flood.

+ Quote: "My tribe is mostly Christian, two generations, with no help from white missionaries. Former times in my tribe, we cut heads off our enemies. Now we pray for our enemies. Former times in my tribe, we make slaves of weakling, now we help make weaklings strong."

+ Quote: "You told me to never doubt in darkness what G-d has taught us in the light."

NEUTRAL

o Watkin Roberts was from the Welsh Calvinist Methodist Church also called the Presbyterian Church of Wales. But the churches that resulted had no denominational attachment.

CONS

-The producer is James F. Collier, who was sort of Billy Graham's right hand in the movie industry (Collier was Presbyterian; he produced from the late 1950s - 1988 for Billy Graham's World Wide Pictures; Caught, Cry from the Mountain, For Pete's Sake!, Time to Run, Joni, The Hiding Place, The Prodigal).

-Endorsement of the 1904-05 Welsh Revival, which is associated with the obligatory speaking in tongues.

• Some discrepancies to the information shown in Wikipedia. The missionary is shown to have arrived in 1906 instead of 1908. The movie repeatedly suggests that he "lived" rather several years with them and grew very close to them, but in reality he only stayed 2-5 days.

• Highly problematic remarks during the debate: "I learned ... wise and beautiful sayings from Buddha, and strong and beautiful teachings of Koran". Pudaite would never have said such things, and it is very sad that the producers inserted such a prologue in his speech.

• He lies on his first date that he does not understand English.

Great example of how God can do something big from a 5 day journey!!!

Nice and neatly made and one of its kind and people should made the make like this so as to get other side of a good movie making with the performance

Great movie for the entire family. This movie shows how The Lord God uses his servants. I encourage everyone to see this movie. I am thankful there are some of movies produced by Hollywood that have great family values and valued for the Church and this is one of them.