Despite the IMDb terrorists (aka trolls) trying to influence your viewing decisions, "Persecuted" turned out to be an entertaining, moderately well-made movie deserving of your consideration, and an excellent start for a new branch in Christian movie-making: the political thriller.
John Luther is a respected religious figure with a rough beginning in life before finding God despite having a priest for a father (the estimable Fred Thompson). Luther is the front man for a ministry organization that may be performing adequately financially, perhaps faltering a bit. A "friend" of Luther's, Senator Harrison, has proposed a new bill that imposes the equivalent of the old "fairness doctrine" law from radio, consequently forcing a dilution of the gospel because, hey, there are "several paths to God," right?
Luther resists the senator's entreaties for him to woo his organization's members to support the bill. In refusing to support the senator, he becomes a target and the intrigue ensues (making clear the reason Billy Graham had round-the-clock assistants).
The great thing about this type of movie, though, is that it is a story, not a sermon. You may find some continuity errors and some plot annoyances -- my favorite is pressing the "down" elevator button to go from the first floor to the fifth. But at least for me, they did not make the film unenjoyable, although in full honesty I was not deeply moved at the end.
My point with the warnings is to set expectations. If you enjoy intrigue movies, I recommend it and think you will enjoy seeing it. The trolls are desperate and their early voting has as of this writing caused the laughable score, but if you look at the statistical breakdown of the votes you can see the mountains of irrational, baseless "1" voting. Get real, trolls.
Hollywood admittedly has years, hundreds of movies, and millions of dollars' worth more experience. But they also produce objectionable content, as well as holding viewpoints antithetical to my own. This is movie #1 of this Christian sub-type (that I'm aware of, anyway). I look at it this way: I enjoyed the film; AND, it is going to get better as more releases of this type come out.
If the trolls scare you, hold off and let them persecute "Persecuted." But if you have your own mind, don't let them make it up for you; you'll have fun and be glad you went.
(I have no connection in any way to the movie or its cast/crew/finances.)
John Luther is a respected religious figure with a rough beginning in life before finding God despite having a priest for a father (the estimable Fred Thompson). Luther is the front man for a ministry organization that may be performing adequately financially, perhaps faltering a bit. A "friend" of Luther's, Senator Harrison, has proposed a new bill that imposes the equivalent of the old "fairness doctrine" law from radio, consequently forcing a dilution of the gospel because, hey, there are "several paths to God," right?
Luther resists the senator's entreaties for him to woo his organization's members to support the bill. In refusing to support the senator, he becomes a target and the intrigue ensues (making clear the reason Billy Graham had round-the-clock assistants).
The great thing about this type of movie, though, is that it is a story, not a sermon. You may find some continuity errors and some plot annoyances -- my favorite is pressing the "down" elevator button to go from the first floor to the fifth. But at least for me, they did not make the film unenjoyable, although in full honesty I was not deeply moved at the end.
My point with the warnings is to set expectations. If you enjoy intrigue movies, I recommend it and think you will enjoy seeing it. The trolls are desperate and their early voting has as of this writing caused the laughable score, but if you look at the statistical breakdown of the votes you can see the mountains of irrational, baseless "1" voting. Get real, trolls.
Hollywood admittedly has years, hundreds of movies, and millions of dollars' worth more experience. But they also produce objectionable content, as well as holding viewpoints antithetical to my own. This is movie #1 of this Christian sub-type (that I'm aware of, anyway). I look at it this way: I enjoyed the film; AND, it is going to get better as more releases of this type come out.
If the trolls scare you, hold off and let them persecute "Persecuted." But if you have your own mind, don't let them make it up for you; you'll have fun and be glad you went.
(I have no connection in any way to the movie or its cast/crew/finances.)