Review: "Lay it Down" is REVOLTING and "Mercy Streets" is BEARABLE

Its no secret that Christian films have a knack for committing crimes against filmmaking. But I decided I should suck it up and watch what other “Christian” filmmakers had made. So I joined Netflix just to watch “Mercy Streets” and “Lay it Down.”

“Lay it Down” for those of you who don’t know, is a movie produced by John Hagee about racing cars. According to my Dad I should watch this because Hagee made it, and because they “flip cars in it and everything.” Well I got the movie and I watched it.

From the very first frame of this movie I felt as if they had stuck their arm down my throat and began pulling my entrails out through my mouth for 50 minutes straight. Yes that is the total run time 50 min. then when it hit me that this movie received significant funding, promotion, and distribution, I found the idea so revolting I vomited all over myself and almost drowned I'm my last meal.

Why? Why do Christians think these movies are good? Why are Christians so cheesy and so profoundly out of touch with modern civilization? WHY?


So once I cleaned my self up, I popped in “Mercy Streets” thinking to myself that I will give it 5 minutes to generate some kind of intrigue., before I turn it off. It stars David White.

David White is also in “SIX,” and it was terrible, and so was he. So I was not very anxious to watch this movie. Can you blame me I mean look at the poster! Doesn't the poster just grab your attention and make you want to see the film? This poster is the majority of the reason why I HAD NOT yet seen this movie. It’s CHEEESY. Really cheesy.

But I popped the movie in anyway and I must admit I wasn’t prepared for what happened. I actually began to find it mildly entertaining. It could be because I watched it directly after the revolting “lay it Down,” but I found it to be the best Christian movie I've seen yet (including "Left Behind"). Granted it still lacked elements and it was still way to preachy. But it seemed to be bearable. Surprisingly bearable. Except for some Christian-y unrealistic elements. And David White did a decent job. He played a bad guy pretty well. Better than a good guy. He was smoking though… does he smoke? Isn’t he supposed to be Christian? There is also drinking in it, by the Episcopal priest. I found that very annoying and pretentious. The fight scenes where laughable, I never once believed a single punch. Granted it is very difficult to do that. I think though this movie is a better movie for Christians, than it is for non Christians. We are still lacking in my opinion a good movie that you wont be ashamed to show your non-Christian friends.

PS. These posters are so terrible I am reluctant to even show them on my blog.