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Terror on the Prairie (2022)
Okay, but a little too slow and canned plot
I guess the producers or writer were trying to build suspense or convey anxiety, but they just went too slow in many parts. They could have used some subtle music here and there to help create the mood.
The plot is pretty standard revenge and the back stories were not fleshed out enough. I found I didn't really empathize with the characters much.
That said, Nick Searcy's performance was great, along with the other villains. Searcy really pulls the vengeful psychopath character well.
The whole movie is very low budget, which is to be expected, but they do a good job anyway. Except some of the scenes were poorly set up. I kept say to the screen "Now's your chance, stop talking and shoot the dude!"
It's a good film, but won't win any Oscars, or whatever will be replacing the Oscars soon.
Beyond the Mask (2015)
Why do Christian movies have to be so corny?
It seems the writers and producers simply made this thing up as they filmed it. The logical and historical incongruities are astonishing. I really wonder why this was made and where they got the funding. The plot seems to simply be written around a hack Jesus redemption theme. It gives us Christians an annoyingly bad reputation. Maybe God allows this stuff simply to keep us humble.
About the only thing "redemptive" in this film is the superb acting by John Rhys-Davies. The man is a true talent. Most of the other acting is pretty mediocre. There are a few good sets and costumes, and the music was okay, but there was just some very amateurish elements. A group of flute-playing soldiers marching in step down an extremely staged Philadelphia street? I can just hear the director saying "Everybody act real colonist-like!"
If you don't get too tired of near constant eye-rolling, punctuated now and then with open-mouthed stupefaction, then I guess this is entertaining enough, but don't judge Christianity based on this tripe.