FWIW (haven't watched it yet, SIL recommended it):
Nefarious — The most interestingly subversive anti-woke movie you haven't seen or heard about - American Thinker w/trailer
"...I looked at
Nefarious on Rotten Tomatoes. A
dismal 33% critic rating...but it somehow maintained
a 97% audience rating. ..."
"...Carla Hay at Culture Mix sums up her consternation by saying that it became "preachy propaganda for right-wing beliefs."..."
"...Reviewer Cody Leach tells us that the movie's marketing as a "possession thriller" is a bait-and-switch to deliver a "Christian and Conservative propaganda piece" about "abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty."..."
"...Roger Moore went on to say at Movie Nation that the "only thing not covered in this Christo-fascist manifesto of a movie is 'guns.'"
That was it.
If left-wing movie critics hated this movie that much, I simply had to see it...."
"...It is not terribly gruesome, but you will think deeply and be intrigued by the dialogue and action in this movie — particularly if you happen to be a Christian...."
"...To give you an idea as to how emotionally engaging the film is, understand that
there was a whole row of late teens and early twenty-somethings crowded in the back row behind me. When they sauntered in during the credits, I fully anticipated that I'd either have to say something to them or move at some point in the movie.
They began a bit rambunctiously, quietly joking about Flanery's character's erratic physical tics, which, to me, were reminiscent of Jeff Goldblum's performance during his transformation in David Cronenberg's 1986 version of
The Fly.
Within minutes, though, the whole theater was quiet. I didn't time it, but, early on, there was at least ten minutes that passed where there were only two characters on screen engaged in a theological conversation about good and evil. The fall of Lucifer is referenced. The war in Heaven. The creation of man, and the jealousy of hell. And, of course, "the Carpenter" is referenced, whose intercession on Earth vexes the demons of hell most.
I can safely say that the dialogue wasn't exactly Tarantino, and miles short of Milton. But
it captured something that kept the audience silent and engaged...."
