September Dawn (2007)

We need more movies like this! When is Hollywood going to be brave enough to expose radical Islam the way they have exposed the radical Mormons of the late 1850's?????????????????????????? The acting is amazing. The cinematography is sweeping. The pacing, editing, sound and productions values are all first rate. The vistas are amazing. The slaughter of innocent woman and children is disgusting. The act of the Mormon leadership at this time unforgivable. The horror unreal. The blood thirst scary. The movie is almost a horror movie. But it's not.It's a true story.And that is REALLY FRIGHTENING. Oh the horror.

Lol those of you that think that the Mormons are the only ones giving this movie bad reviews are sadly wrong.....while many parts of the movie are very accurate and very entertaining there are many parts of the movie that are rubbish and show that the producers were not neutral one bit. And how pathetic is it that the producers had to throw in an epic and very improbable love story to further shove manufactured emotions down the viewers throats. Watch the movie for its entertainment value and for Voights performance but do your own research on the validity of the movies claims......Especially those claims that Brigham Young ordered it.

I must commend the stark reality portrayed in this movie.One has to remember that the Mormon church has always had shifting teachings, values & morals. Their stance, as portrayed for this time period, was that their "prophet" spoke directly from God (just as the Islamists claim that Mohammed spoke directly from their god, Allah). While there have been, and can be, those who prophesy what the Lord has given them, Christians have never created a whole religion around any of them. That is the key difference between Christianity & cults like the Mormons.This movie shows the terrible rift between Mormons & actual Christians & how, when man is involved, such a rift can end in bloody tragedy. The mere fact that the LDS group moved with such deception against the wagon train is proof enough of the waywardness of their stance.It is, indeed, a shame that one person was made the scapegoat of this whole affair, while his own father & the elders of their sect refuse to help him. Again, this is illustrative of the heart of this particular cult.I commend the son who attempted to stop the massacre. Although unsuccessful, his attempt was honest & properly motivated. His disillusionment was his own, personal greatest tragedy.

The breakdown of ratings for this movie is revealing. 20% hate it. 20% love it. Most others rate it as pretty good. It is pretty good. Well acted and well-paced, beautiful scenery. I thought the love story was touching as well as the relationship between the two Mormon brothers. John Voight was Amazing! It's got some pretty brutal scenes. This is NOT a movie for young children. As far as anti-Mormon bias... I don't think there is any more anti-Mormon bias in this movie than there was anti-German bias in "Schindler's List". The movie doesn't purport to be a documentary. So it's not like an Oliver Stone or Michael Moore production. In summary, I think it's a thought provoking movie that will make people actually want to do a bit of research on the true events of Mountain Meadows.