The Firing Squad (#584)

I went to what was described as a faith-based, inspired-by-a-true-story film.  While I  do see faith-based movies, I generally do not look forward to them, not because I am irreligious, but because they tend to look and sound alike and mostly are about redemption in one form or another.  THE FIRING SQUAD, which is a strange title for a faith-based movie, has an interesting plot.  Two men, one American and one British, are a very successful team selling drugs all over the world, traveling in a private jet.  They are arrested in Bali and sent to a prison run by a cruel, demanding, agnostic warden to await execution by firing squad.  The British guy finds religion there, even becoming the pastor of the prison church. The predictable ending had some in the unusually large audience audibly weeping.  The film was more religious than most, but unfortunately was amateurish in dialogue and inept and unconvincing acting.  There were only two professional reviews, one panning the film; the other praising it, and 72% of audiences gave it a thumbs up.