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The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.
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It is a passable movie; the plot is decent and Samuel Hunt's acting is good.
The acting and script are pretty rough, but it takes its time finishing this story and follows the source material closely. The editing is surprisingly solid. It's uplifting yet honest.
As a war hero returns home from World War Two, he finds his life descend into a dizzying whirlwind of alcohol, rage and bad choices. Can he ever bounce back?
That is the premise of this Christian-themed movie, which touches on some of the most universal of human pains. Sam Hunt is a stand-out in this movie for excellent, excellent acting ... his acting lifts the entire movie.
The message of the movie is hugely uplifting as he tries to find a path forward in a life littered with PTSD trauma. PTSD victims can relate to the intensity and woundedness of his condition, which is well illustrated.
This movie has a powerful true story of God's grace even in the darkest of corners. The ultimate character arc, of course, occurs which provides hope for any who view.
An excellent movie for all to watch and be inspired!
That is the premise of this Christian-themed movie, which touches on some of the most universal of human pains. Sam Hunt is a stand-out in this movie for excellent, excellent acting ... his acting lifts the entire movie.
The message of the movie is hugely uplifting as he tries to find a path forward in a life littered with PTSD trauma. PTSD victims can relate to the intensity and woundedness of his condition, which is well illustrated.
This movie has a powerful true story of God's grace even in the darkest of corners. The ultimate character arc, of course, occurs which provides hope for any who view.
An excellent movie for all to watch and be inspired!
I finally watched this film for the first time and decided to go on Imdb to rate it. I read at least half of the comments, both positive and negative. I don't see anything wrong with giving a deeply passionate message on fighting inner demons, forgiveness, and a transformed life in the salvation of Christ. After the Second World War, many men found inner peace through salvation and became ministers, and planted intergenerational seeds. They were men of faith. Billy Graham wasn't a perfect man, as there are none, but his message was a shining light to many. He was active during the civil rights movement, and even worked with MLK Jr and Southern ministers to desegregate the South. However, I do understand what some of the negative reviewers are saying. Some modern Christian films can be corny and overly dramatic to the point of spoiling the moment for some.
At the same time, a lot of films such as "Jesus camp" about Christian youth propaganda, brainwashing, and making it seem like the norm, is way overly dramatic. The film "Boy Erased" about conversion therapy, is an inaccurate portrayal. Even decades ago, that wasn't all that common. Scientists once "believed" (meaning based on faith), that being gay was a mental illness. That is far removed from the belief of many of today's Christians. True Christians believe that only God can change someone. If there are any remaining stragglers believing that sending a gay teen to "conversion therapy" is a solution, then they are missing the biblical mark. A lack of understanding, and a shared bitterness towards religion, leads to the creation of these types of films. Filmmakers pick rare instances and blow them up in a full feature film in order to politicize it.
My dislikes for Broken 2 obviously had nothing to do with the film having a Christian aim. At the same time, giving the film one star just because you strongly dislike anything to do with Christianity, shows your deeply imbedded bias. I've seen plenty of films that irritated me to the point of desiring to give it one star. But at least I try to have an open mind to be realistic, understand the message, and look past my personal beliefs in order to give films a fair and unbiased rating. Some of these one star raters either did not watch the film, or allowed their bitterness for Christianity to cloud their vision and overcome the important message of "forgiveness."
At the same time, a lot of films such as "Jesus camp" about Christian youth propaganda, brainwashing, and making it seem like the norm, is way overly dramatic. The film "Boy Erased" about conversion therapy, is an inaccurate portrayal. Even decades ago, that wasn't all that common. Scientists once "believed" (meaning based on faith), that being gay was a mental illness. That is far removed from the belief of many of today's Christians. True Christians believe that only God can change someone. If there are any remaining stragglers believing that sending a gay teen to "conversion therapy" is a solution, then they are missing the biblical mark. A lack of understanding, and a shared bitterness towards religion, leads to the creation of these types of films. Filmmakers pick rare instances and blow them up in a full feature film in order to politicize it.
My dislikes for Broken 2 obviously had nothing to do with the film having a Christian aim. At the same time, giving the film one star just because you strongly dislike anything to do with Christianity, shows your deeply imbedded bias. I've seen plenty of films that irritated me to the point of desiring to give it one star. But at least I try to have an open mind to be realistic, understand the message, and look past my personal beliefs in order to give films a fair and unbiased rating. Some of these one star raters either did not watch the film, or allowed their bitterness for Christianity to cloud their vision and overcome the important message of "forgiveness."
Unbroken Path To Redemption
I feel overall this was an opportunity missed to really engage with post traumatic stress disorder and how medical intervention needs to presume it is present until they can confirm it is not.
The movie then sank into an abyss of alcoholic self-medication that was totally understandable in the absence of professional intervention.
The acting as good and Samuel Hunt in the lead role gave an intensity to the role. How good he fail with bone structure and indeed hair like that.
His redemption in the form of finding faith is to easy to condemn, it worked for him, it's his story and who I am to criticise.
Without being unfair there really wasn't enough here of a story to make a movie 5/10
I feel overall this was an opportunity missed to really engage with post traumatic stress disorder and how medical intervention needs to presume it is present until they can confirm it is not.
The movie then sank into an abyss of alcoholic self-medication that was totally understandable in the absence of professional intervention.
The acting as good and Samuel Hunt in the lead role gave an intensity to the role. How good he fail with bone structure and indeed hair like that.
His redemption in the form of finding faith is to easy to condemn, it worked for him, it's his story and who I am to criticise.
Without being unfair there really wasn't enough here of a story to make a movie 5/10
Did you know
- TriviaEvangelist Billy Graham was portrayed by his grandson Will Graham.
- GoofsDuring his service in World War II, Zamperini was a Second Lieutenant. In the flashback scenes in the raft and in the prison camp, he is shown as a Staff Sergeant.
- Quotes
Louis Zamperini: Miracles didn't save me Padre, a couple of Atomic Bombs did that.
- ConnectionsEdited from Invincible (2014)
- SoundtracksRhythm for Sale (Swing Shop Swing)
Written & Performed by Monette Moore
Courtesy of Document Records
By arrangement with The Orchard
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- Unbroken: Path to Redemption
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- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,216,897
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,238,723
- Sep 16, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $6,216,897
- Runtime
- 1h 38m(98 min)
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