Boy, was this bad. I wished somebody would have warned me that i would be spending 2 hours of my life watching shameless Christian propaganda. Angels, heaven, God, lights, demons/darkness, churches ... Yes people, it's all on display here! And in the beginning it's perfectly disguised by an intriguing opening sequence which makes you interested in the story.
That makes the feeling of manipulation even stronger when you start to realize where things are heading and you are presented with sobbing stories about crime, remorse, God and forgiveness. A screenplay that's commited to bringing us children asking cringeworthy questions like "Mom, is there a heaven?"or even worse a line like "You have to understand , we were making minimum wage at the time" as a way of defense by a young (white) male, stealing iventory and selling it. Really??
And if that's not an insult to the viewers intelligence, the fact that the screenplay introduces lead characters in the first half of the movie and completely ignores them in the second half does not exactly help.
What could have been an interesting story about mental health issues like anxiety and depression and also an investigation into the concepts of crime, victims, perpetrators, forgiveness and remorse and especially the area where these concepts and issues collide, is being reduced to a ridiculous line at the end of the film "He fought with darkness and lost, again and again, because he stopped trusting in God". A spit in the face of all people that have been affected by the issues mentioned.
Because of 1 or 2 decent scenes with Teri Polo, one star i will grant. Other than that, trust me and skip this! Awful.
That makes the feeling of manipulation even stronger when you start to realize where things are heading and you are presented with sobbing stories about crime, remorse, God and forgiveness. A screenplay that's commited to bringing us children asking cringeworthy questions like "Mom, is there a heaven?"or even worse a line like "You have to understand , we were making minimum wage at the time" as a way of defense by a young (white) male, stealing iventory and selling it. Really??
And if that's not an insult to the viewers intelligence, the fact that the screenplay introduces lead characters in the first half of the movie and completely ignores them in the second half does not exactly help.
What could have been an interesting story about mental health issues like anxiety and depression and also an investigation into the concepts of crime, victims, perpetrators, forgiveness and remorse and especially the area where these concepts and issues collide, is being reduced to a ridiculous line at the end of the film "He fought with darkness and lost, again and again, because he stopped trusting in God". A spit in the face of all people that have been affected by the issues mentioned.
Because of 1 or 2 decent scenes with Teri Polo, one star i will grant. Other than that, trust me and skip this! Awful.