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      Godspeed

      Released Mar 26, 2010 1h 39m Mystery & Thriller List
      50% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 20% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A teenager lures a former faith healer (Joseph McKelheer) to her remote family farm six months after the cleric's wife and son were murdered. Read More Read Less

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      Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Despite its fissures in tone and technique, Godspeed occasionally plays like a sturdy indie outpost of revenge cinema. Rated: 3/5 Apr 9, 2010 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle This tautly wound and even more tightly paced mini-epic of love, loss, and redemption deep in the heart of God's country (aka Alaska) is nothing if not awe-inspiring. Mar 31, 2010 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Opens tentatively but ends confidently with a climax that's bloody enough to jolt but not enough to sicken -- a trick that too many directors have yet to master. Rated: 3/5 Mar 26, 2010 Full Review Norm Schrager Filmcritic.com All the theological themes and delicate cinematography in the world can't alter the fact that watching someone get theirs simply makes us feel better Rated: 3/5 Apr 9, 2010 Full Review Don R. Lewis Film Threat Intense, brutal, intriguing and expertly executed. Rated: 4/5 Mar 31, 2010 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Often contrived, stilted and awkwardly preachy albeit occasionally suspenseful and filled with haunting visuals. Rated: 5.45/10 Mar 27, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Tele D Self indulgent college freshman film. An attempt was made. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/16/24 Full Review Audience Member Powerful & intense!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The things one's faith and beliefs will make them do; finding justification in taking another's life. So so. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member The things one's faith and beliefs will make them do; finding justification in taking another's life. So so. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member O terceiro acto é executado de forma aterradora e cheia de tensão, mas não salva tudo o resto que veio deslavado e sem interesse... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The one and only reason I put this movie on my Netflix instant queue was because of the actor Joseph McKelheer (Night Stalker, Rampage-The Hillside Strangler Murders) who plays Charlie Shepard, a preacher of sorts who claims to be a faith healer but is going down a familiar road of alcohol abuse once again. McKelheer played Wendell Hamilton in the movie The Hamiltons which was an After Dark Horrorfest 1 offering directed by the Butcher Brothers (April Fools Day remake, The Violent Kind). I thought he was the best actor and character in the movie and I vowed to see more of this guy when I could. Here he does a fine job in his role but as a whole the movie just didn't have enough things going for it for me. Filmed entirely in Alaska with some truly breathtaking images of the state the film deals with the actions of Charlie's faith healing and a family who's mother is dealing with cancer. To say it gets all f-ed up is an understatement. Courtney Halverson (Freaky Faron) does a solid job while Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) chews up the scenery with the overacting bug that took me right out of the movie. Even Ed Lauter shows up as a cop! I haven't seen him in anything for awhile, maybe since Not Another Teen Movie. Overall, I can't recommend this movie but check out Butcher Brothers' The Hamiltons for McKelheer and a cast of unknowns for one of the better Horrorfest movies. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A teenager lures a former faith healer (Joseph McKelheer) to her remote family farm six months after the cleric's wife and son were murdered.
      Director
      Robert Saitzyk
      Screenwriter
      Cory Knauf, Robert Saitzyk
      Production Co
      Helios Productions
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 26, 2010, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 2, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 39m
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