The Holy Roller (2010)

The Holy Roller: Directed by Patrick Gillies. With Angus Benfield, Victoria Abbott, Jeremy Brennan, Mark Hadlow. A struggling preacher is tricked into starting a church in a nightclub by its unscrupulous owner, who sees it as a way to repay his gambling debts to an underworld boss. Things go from bad to worse when the underworld boss sends his number one hit-man to clean up the situation.

“A struggling pastor (Angus Benfield) in rural New Zealand moves to the big city and sets up a church that meets at a bar. When it becomes successful serious complications arise.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;The Holy Rolleru0026quot; (2010) is a quirky u0026amp; amusing drama with faith-based roots. Benfield is basically the New Zealand version of Kevin James. Meanwhile his characteru0026#39;s possible romantic interest played by Victoria Abbott is cute and lovable. This is a fun, likable flick about noble intentions, failure, success, mistakes, penitence, forgiveness, love and renewed resolve.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt only cost a $1 million to make, but itu0026#39;s quite proficient for such a low budget. The only flaw is that kinks needed to be worked out in the storytelling (editing, whatever) to make it less muddled and more compelling. Still, itu0026#39;s entertaining enough and has a certain pizazz.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGRADE: B-/C+”