The Crossroads of Hunter Wilde (2019)

The Crossroads of Hunter Wilde: Directed by Mike Norris, David Timmes. With Abel Becerra, Jayson Atz, Simply Phillip Brown, Jordan DragonKing. A group of survivalists who are trying to live as normal as possible, in a world of chaos, after an EMP attack knocked out all power. But things go from bad to worse when they are targeted for elimination by dark forces.

“The message of this film is incredibly relevant and necessary to todayu0026#39;s times: Evil lurks among us and only grows stronger as America–and the world–turns its back on God.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith that said, the writing in this film doesnu0026#39;t even rate a single star. If it were possible, Iu0026#39;d give it a negative two stars. For starters, the film opens and we have no idea whatsoever what is even going on. We hear narration mumbling about a u0026quot;world out of controlu0026quot; and we see rioting in the streets and missiles firing and explosions. Was it an EMP attack as implied by teasers press releases or was it the Rapture or was America attacked? We do not know, and this is kind of critical if youu0026#39;re trying to set the stage (no pun intended) for the rest of the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSometimes good acting can salvage bad writing and sometimes good writing can salvage bad acting. In the case of this film, nothing can save it. The acting is not even high school thespian level. Costumes and wardrobe are totally unbelievable. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNothing is believable. For instance, ISIS comes to some podunk Texas hideaway where a dozen or so people meet and launches an all-out offensive to ostensibly kill only two Christians. When the main character whips out his trusty Beretta 92 handgun and dispatches the hordes of select-fire wielding caucasian ISIS terrorists, the u0026quot;leaderu0026quot; of this ISIS cell (who wields an American made AR 15 of all things) is the only survivor and he keeps calling out taunts such as u0026quot;Christian, come show yourself!u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNext, you have three late-teens looking u0026quot;guardsu0026quot; who are guarding the apparent only road in to this u0026quot;crossroadsu0026quot; hideaway and theyu0026#39;re about as qualified to be guarding anything as a crack dealer is to mix and dispense pills at a pharmacy. But these boys do play a mean game of u0026quot;Go Fish.u0026quot; No, I kid you not–they play an enthusiastic game of u0026quot;Go Fishu0026quot; while on guard duty.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy wife and I made it through about thirty minutes of this DVD and mutually agreed that we couldnu0026#39;t take another minute. Have no idea how it turns out and could care less. I suspect that if youu0026#39;ve seen the trailer, then youu0026#39;ve seen the best parts of the movie and the plot itself in its whole.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe try to support Christian themed movies and projects, but this aberration will have us rethinking that commitment.”