Alright movie.


Okay, so since the reviews seem like they were sponsored, to say it lightly. I figured I throw in my quick 2 cents. I start out by saying that I consider myself an atheist, consider the bible a book with alot of made up stories that try to convey different morals.
Personally I thought it was an alright movie which you can watch once, putting it on the level of a decently made TV Movie in terms of cliches/tropes and production values.
It was quite heavy on the "propaganda" and felt quite forced at times, in a way trying to hammer a point at the viewer. The message itself was nice though, so given that, I could live with it for the most part, although at times it felt a bit patronizing.
The story itself was okay, although lacked a certain element of realism, especially given the dark nature/type of business it revolved around. I'll elaborate in a spoiler for the interested parties.

Essentially it seemed odd that there was basically no violence, the closest was James knocking out a cop with a fire extinguisher and him punching and kicking some people, and only at the very last bit a single shot was fired by the bad guy. For a movie that tried to depict gritty realism, it seemed like they badly wanted James to avoid breaking the rule about not killing, even if it'd be killing a rapist pimp.

6/10 seems like a fair rating, not worth a movie ticket but something to watch on Netflix or rent a DVD or something.

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Yup I think you summed it up nicely. I was alright with the movie up until the very end where it definitely got preachy. I feel like with proper editing, this would be on the Lifetime Channel or maybe Hallmark?

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