This is a good movie. However many who simply don't like faith-based movies will not like this one. They are also likely the ones who give it a low IMDb vote.
The story plays on the core concept that goodness starts within each of us. It also builds on the white/black racial tensions in a place like Memphis, the setting for this story.
A white man became a police officer after his young son was killed when a young black drug dealer was speeding away to avoid police. The druggie was convicted and served his 10-year sentence, but the father who lost his son has continued to battle inner demons.
That is exacerbated when a black officer, younger than him and with less experience, gets promoted. A black officer who also happens to be a preacher, a man of faith. To compound the hurt, they were ordered to be partners for a time.
The title of the story is a play on the old expression "playing the race card." Instead, the movie's message is to "play the grace card", to forgive someone rather than to hold a grudge forever.
SPOILERS: The white cop has a teenage son who is a screw-up, and presently being kicked out of a private school the parents can barely afford. Then one night they surprise a burglary in progress, they go in, the white cop shots a masked man, who turns out to be his own son. The shot kills a kidney, and it is discovered that because of a defect from birth that was his only functioning kidney. He needs a transplant to stay alive. It turns out the black office/preacher is a match, and his donation keeps the boy alive. The father receives redemption also.
The story plays on the core concept that goodness starts within each of us. It also builds on the white/black racial tensions in a place like Memphis, the setting for this story.
A white man became a police officer after his young son was killed when a young black drug dealer was speeding away to avoid police. The druggie was convicted and served his 10-year sentence, but the father who lost his son has continued to battle inner demons.
That is exacerbated when a black officer, younger than him and with less experience, gets promoted. A black officer who also happens to be a preacher, a man of faith. To compound the hurt, they were ordered to be partners for a time.
The title of the story is a play on the old expression "playing the race card." Instead, the movie's message is to "play the grace card", to forgive someone rather than to hold a grudge forever.
SPOILERS: The white cop has a teenage son who is a screw-up, and presently being kicked out of a private school the parents can barely afford. Then one night they surprise a burglary in progress, they go in, the white cop shots a masked man, who turns out to be his own son. The shot kills a kidney, and it is discovered that because of a defect from birth that was his only functioning kidney. He needs a transplant to stay alive. It turns out the black office/preacher is a match, and his donation keeps the boy alive. The father receives redemption also.