Rating: R
Movie Release Date: April 5, 2007
DVD Release Date: October 16, 2007
Plot 411: An ordained minister, who has turned her back on religion, investigates a town that seems to be experiencing all the plagues in the Bible.
Review: Hilary Swank plays Katherine, a former minister whose faith was tested when her family was killed in Sudan. Now she works as a professor and investigator of miraculous claims. With the help of her assistant Ben (Idris Elba), she goes to a small town called Haven to uncover a scientific explanation for a red river. In the town, she meets the local science teacher Doug (David Morrissey) and soon learns that the entire town blames a girl named Loren. Believing her to be the devil, the town wants to kill her. As more and more of the Bible's 10 plagues occur, Katherine must find out the truth and recall her faith. I found this movie a little confusing to follow and hard to deconstruct. Maybe that's because, as an audience, we're just supposed to have faith and believe? In any case, the movie contained your basic religious fanaticism, cult activities and paranormal occurrences. Personally, I didn't buy into it. Maybe I'm just too skeptical at this point?
Watch It: If you just want another religious thriller or Biblical horror film.
Skip It: If you like your plots to be well rounded rather than filled with holes.
Movie Release Date: April 5, 2007
DVD Release Date: October 16, 2007
Plot 411: An ordained minister, who has turned her back on religion, investigates a town that seems to be experiencing all the plagues in the Bible.
Review: Hilary Swank plays Katherine, a former minister whose faith was tested when her family was killed in Sudan. Now she works as a professor and investigator of miraculous claims. With the help of her assistant Ben (Idris Elba), she goes to a small town called Haven to uncover a scientific explanation for a red river. In the town, she meets the local science teacher Doug (David Morrissey) and soon learns that the entire town blames a girl named Loren. Believing her to be the devil, the town wants to kill her. As more and more of the Bible's 10 plagues occur, Katherine must find out the truth and recall her faith. I found this movie a little confusing to follow and hard to deconstruct. Maybe that's because, as an audience, we're just supposed to have faith and believe? In any case, the movie contained your basic religious fanaticism, cult activities and paranormal occurrences. Personally, I didn't buy into it. Maybe I'm just too skeptical at this point?
Watch It: If you just want another religious thriller or Biblical horror film.
Skip It: If you like your plots to be well rounded rather than filled with holes.
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