God Bless the Broken Road
Starring: Lindsey Pulsipher and
Andrew W. Walker
Rated PG
Rated PG
In this faith-based film a grieving
widow, whose husband died in Afghanistan, struggles with a loss of
faith while raising her daughter in a small rural town. Her life
turns around when she meets a race car driver who has come to town.
“God Bless the Broken Road” is a
manipulative film that replaces spirituality with hackneyed plot
devices and predictable writing. The script stumbles along and never
seems to get into any kind of pace that the audience can enjoy.
Badly edited and written, the film
never really comes to a point or becomes, for that matter, a film
about faith. Yes, all the words are there and spiritual phrases are
said with a great deal of emphasis, but the film is tasteless and
bland from beginning to end.
“God Bless the Broken Road” should
have been so much better, but the producers decided to do the easy
thing and just hope that by calling it 'faith based' someone will
watch it.
It gets a D and is rated PG.
Operation Finale
Starring: Oscar Isaac and Ben
Kingsley
Rated PG-13
In the film a team of undercover Mossad
agents track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the
Holocaust.
“Operation Finale” is a well written and solidly acted historical drama centering on the discovery and capture of Adolph Eichmann, Hitler's right hand man. Although there are some historical inaccuracies in the film, the movie is a compelling spy story from beginning to end.
Ben Kingsley portrays Eichmann in a
frighteningly cold way, although he allows his character some small
slices of humanity here and there.
Oscar Isaac's performance as the Nazi hunter captivates the audience as his character is motivated by the pain of his personal losses and the devastation he witnessed.
All in all “Operation Finale” is well worth your time. It gets a B and is rated PG-13.
Oscar Isaac's performance as the Nazi hunter captivates the audience as his character is motivated by the pain of his personal losses and the devastation he witnessed.
All in all “Operation Finale” is well worth your time. It gets a B and is rated PG-13.
Kin
Starring: Miles Truitt, James France
and Jack Reynor
Rated PG-13
Rated PG-13
In “Kin” a young boy discovers an
alien weapon of great power and is being hunted by those who lost it.
I was pleasantly surprised that “Kin”
wasn't one of those 'kid saves the universe' films, which the
promotional ads seem to lead you to believe.
The film offers some exciting action
and solid acting, especially James Franco's relentless bad guy. And,
although the film has its problems with pacing and flushing out some
characters, the film ends up being a 'guys on the run' film with some
thrills and spills.
“Kin” gets a B and is rated PG-13.
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