I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
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... View MoreWhen I picked this up for a rental, I figured I could use what looked like a laughably awful and cheesy looking Christian film (I only like maybe 10% of all Christian films, I'm exceptionally picky) and make fun of it. No need. It starts, surprisingly, with a nice and provocative intro, a bit of backstory to bring you to the present. But, soon enough, it shows it's willing to poke fun at itself. In other words, it uses meta humor. It's aware of its cheesy nature and cheesy humor, doesn't always take itself seriously and, when it does, it never gets depressing. Not really. There were times that I laughed out loud for an unexpected moment of humorous madness ("I hate KISS, I'm a Tom Jones fan.") and, with some of the special effects, it's aware it's not using a high budget (I think Duncan Jones's small film "Moon" has a bigger budget) and it was okay being silly. I was worried that, being an independent Christian film, it would rely too much on cheesy allegorical elements and be too heavy-handed on using them. Turns out, it uses such elements a few times, but also gets goofy when using them ("Section 666? I've never heard of section 666, are you making that up?"). In the courtroom scenes, it uses a nice dose of its established humor and some very good twists. I hadn't expected a couple of them, so they were well used in their contexts. You have a side that's siding with Luke O'Brien and one side siding with Satan (everytime I looked at both, I wanted to laugh), and to be honest, the devil side just looks so silly (imagine diecore fans of Marilyn Manson, Motionless in White, Iron Maiden, etc. looking candy softened). Numerous times, the humor did get put aside for a serious topic and shown how fickle human nature can be (like a part about using a racist slur and the immediate reaction, I've seen similar incidents in real life). I was surprised about the balance. If anything negative, I couldn't stand how it ended. I felt very much let down, like a cheap cop out. I won't explain why, but I thought "Seriously? That's it??" Everything up to that point was well done for such a low budget film. Especially with such a well- known actor stealing the show as the devil.
... View MoreI still cant believe that this is considered as an actual "serious" movie This piece of crap is so bad that I cant even call it anything else than crap sorry, this is not about religion even if one is fundamentalist or very religious he/she cant possibly like this nonsense first of all script was so absurd that I couldn't believe all those who people seriously agreed to be a part of this farce!But considering their rubbish acting skills and performance it is easy to see that they were very desperate.Timothy A. Chey should be jailed for this or religious people should burn him at the stake this is an insult to even religion.I feel offended as a Christian and as an admirer of the art of propaganda he obviously doesn't know what he is doing and lacks the proper skills to make even a bad movie because this is not a bad movie this is blatant nonsense don't waste your time pls
... View MoreThe premise of a trial with the Devil sounded like it could be a witty affair. And with Malcolm McDowell as the devil and all, it would surely not be too bad.How wrong! What I saw was so shockingly bad, that it's almost impossible to relate to would-be viewers. It was a dreary performance by all involved. McDowell's potential was thwarted by a cast that acted so badly that the mind boggles and a plot and dialogue that might as well have been written by naive 12 year old brainwashed kids.There was noting witty here, nothing smart, nothing interesting. This movie is an insult to the viewer's intelligence. It holds one mystery though: How on earth did Malcolm McDowell accept that role? It hurts to have to give the movie a score of 1 in order to write this when a 0 would have been right.
... View MoreYoung law student Bart Bronson upset over the death of his mother has concluded that Satan is responsible for all the evils in the world. So what to do but take out a lawsuit and sue him. So in this Australian Christian film he does just that. There is a service problem to be sure, but Satan himself answers the show cause order which is what they would call it in the USA. Satan even assembles a dream team of lawyers to help in his defense leaving no doubt that law is a profession he dominates. There's a reason for all those lawyer jokes.This film which I could take apart theologically as well as cinematically is a turkey. So when you're in a turkey what do you do but gobble gobble full blast. Which is the reason I'm sure Malcolm McDowall took the part of the Prince of Darkness. Other than a healthy paycheck that cleared the bank before cameras started rolling and a trip to Australia McDowall is in this film so he can have a ball overacting outrageously in the role of Satan. This film ought to be shown in every acting class in the world as what overacting looks like full blast. Does Bronson win his case? That's for you to find out and what also happens in the coda that follows. I doubt this one will win too many converts.
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