Courageous (2011)
Law enforcement officers Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners stand up to the worst the streets have to offer with confidence and focus. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God... and to their children?
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I've seen a lot of terrible fictional jesus this jesus that movies... well they are all atrocious but this one wins by a mile. Tried to last 45 minutes thinking it could get anywhere but forget it: it does not. Will just get you sickToo many quality movies out there: don't waste a minute on this one.
This is a wonderful movie showing good values and drama, at the same time has funny moments and is very well done.The most important thing is that the topics covered in the movie are educational for our own lives and society.It shows God's design for families, specially the role of the father/husband that's being lost.
The movie starts its story strongly with the short action sequence and a great revelation scene to it. Like most other Christian movies it then builds up it's story with multiple characters, developing on their own unique conflicts. There are also the nice touch in the character introduction and acquaintances. The main message is strongly conveyed through the mentioning of the dire statistics about being fatherless in the US. And personally the condition doesn't appear in the US alone but also everywhere else around the world. The acting side is just common to Christian movies, being not the very strong aspect of this movie. But then again, it's not the acting, it's not even the story that's the strong point of these kind of movies, but instead the message of the main theme, which does inspire believers to be more of God's men in the world.
The first 10 minutes I really enjoyed, but it all went down hill from there. This was the first Kendrick Brothers film I have seen, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. It slyly passed itself as a regular run-of-the- mill drama but in all reality it is nothing more than a Christian movie...too preachy and predictable. The acting and screenplay wasn't the biggest problem I had. Let me first say again the car jacking in the beginning was fantastic, but after that, the acting was too stiff and forced, robotic like. Secondly, how stereotypical for their Mexican- American friend to be a poor construction worker with a thick Spanglish accent. And also that youths are bad because they don't have fathers...plenty of "thugs" had fathers, get over yourselves. Third, from what I understand of Christianity, the Christian god is not a genie, the film (along with other Kendrick Brothers I've seen after this) portrays their god like such: "If I pray, God will give me this." No, that's not how the real world works, if you want something work for it. The movie has an unrealistic approach, right down to the dialog. Though I am not religious, I wanted to like this film for its potential, but I couldn't bring myself to liking it. You either love the message of the movie or it is nails on a chalkboard.