clearthinkernow Perhaps this movie was released a year too early. If you look through the reviews you will see many who say that persecution against Christians isn't happening. For those that truly believe that, you're either ignorant of current events or woefully prejudiced. Globally Christians are being horribly executed and here, in the USA, there is no longer a legal right to voice opinions according to one's own faith.This movie is about truth and lies, about good versus evil, about government going beyond its given rights. It's not about Christians being persecuted. It's about agendas being forwarded without the consent of the people.In a country where the media controls what is and is not distributed for consumption and most people not willing to seek out the truth, it is a look into the near future. Our legislators are approving legislation that they have not read and was not written by those we have elected to handle this job for us. The people's rights are being quickly overtaken. This movie is about what can, and probably has taken place to control those who will not submit.The acting is superb. The story is excellent and the suspense handled like mainstream movies. I would not agree that it is a 'Christian' movie. You will be on the edge of your seat. The main character says 'If you take away a man's freedom to speak his mind in a country founded on that very principle, then we have no country at all'. These are cautionary words for people of any faith and so 'ripped from the headlines'.

Tony Heck "Freedom is fragile and costly and must be defended by work and by faith and even by blood." John Luther (Remar) is one of the premiere evangelists in the country and his opinions and values are widely respected. Senator Donald Harrison is championing a bill that deals with sweeping religious reform and he needs Luther's backing. When he refuses the Senator frames him for a murder and ruins his name. Now Luther must not only find who did this and why but he must also clear his name. My practice of not watching trailers before the movie has both good and bad points. The good points are that I don't know what to expect and any twists given away in the trailer are surprises to me. The bad thing about it is that I have certain expectations based solely on the poster or cover of the case. Most of the time it works in my favor. This is one exception. I was expecting a movie like Red State where there is an evil preacher. Without getting too political or religious I have to say the irony in this movie was very in your face. As for the movie itself this is yet again another movie where the idea is much better than the actual movie. This started off tense and interesting but quickly fell flat and uninspired. The best way to watch this movie is to watch the first 15 minutes and the last 5. Everything else is generic and flat. Overall, a movie that started off with so much promise but I quickly lost interest in and struggled to finish. I give this a C.

Coffee_Talk_Girl Persecuted: John Luther, is an evangelist of a worldwide ministry! He is being set up to take a fall, because he will not agree to the agenda of a senator's proposition of uniting of the one world religion! I was really looking forward to this movie! It had all the markings of being a great end time Christian thriller! However the movie lacked in building the characters from the beginning to the end! This made it difficult to follow the story line and understand the plot! The movie was 91 min long! Had they made it longer and spent the time to develop the characters, I think it would have turned out better! I'd give it 6 out of 10 stars!

sstrubel1 I highly encourage people to see this film! It is truly wonderful! I believe that even though Christians are not being persecuted in the same way as Christians are in other parts of the world(Middle East for example), we are still being persecuted. This is very unfortunate. This film makes me want to ACT. See it!I strongly believe that you bring friends and family as well. Probably suitable for teen and up. I will be seeing again with my mom, aunt, uncle and 16 year old brother. Parts of it kind of scared me, but it was worth it. My friends loved it as well when I went to see it! Please, DO NOT MISS THIS MOVIE! I cannot wait to buy when it comes out on DVD! This film is very important for the youth to see as well. Bottom line- Go see this movie!