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The Second Chance [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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Review date: 2007-10-05 Rating: 6 out of 10

This movie explores today's racial and economic divides in religious settings. In today's Politically correct world we like to think they do not exist, but they do. This movie has an underlying theme of reconciliation. You cannot solve problems by just throwing money at them. You need to be involved in order to understand one another and grow. Thereby being able to use whatever strengths you have to aid your community.

The storyline shows a pastor of a large suburban mega church and a pastor who preaches to gang members, teen mothers and drug addicts, are suddenly thrown together in a tough neighborhood and forced to work together. Both pastors, as well as other characters in this movie, go through significant changes as they over come their prejudices and learn from one another.

Both pastors, along with the founding pastor, in the movie end up growing from this experience and seem to remember that they needed to follow Christ's plan and not their own. They end up doing the right thing instead of working for the money. In essence giving everyone a second chance. A bold movie for a first time director to attempt to show what some modern day churches and communities are facing.

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Well intentioned low key Christian drama
Review date: 2007-07-22 Rating: 6 out of 10

In execution this movie tries in turns to be edgy (gang turf issues! Prostitutes needing help!) and hip (Michael W Smith sings!) but the underlying message is actually quite low key, as is the acting.
Michael W Smith plays the son of a highly successful pastor, being groomed to take over a large affluent church, with its large international outreach program. He helps the pastor of their sister church, called Second Chance, which is where his father started - it is in the slums, with outreaches to the poor and needy, the prostitutes and gang victims. He is admonished for giving the pastor of the poor church a chance to speak his mind on live television, and as discipline, is sent to the Second Chance church for a time, to observe and report. Naturally, in doing so, he starts to gain a realization of his distance from real life and genuine outreach, and becomes a better person..
Some of the efforts at getting a message across are a bit clumsy - Michael Smith has his fancy BMW damaged and trades it in for a small cheap car and is happier as a result. However, some of the underlying themes of where church politics can lead are prescient and worth raising. Should affluent churches from wealthy neighbourhoods really invest so heavily in African outreach, when poverty and destitution are creating huge problems on their doorstep?
In answering these questions, the movie comes across a little one sided and heavy handed, but the point is well made, if lacking punch in the finale.
A worthy effort and well shot and acted. Michael W Smith won't win any Oscars and still looks happiest when singing rather than acting, but the end result is well worth a view, and good family entertainment. In fact, it occurs to me, that with the interesting milieu of characters, this would have made a better TV series!

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Actor(s):
David Alford
Jeff Obafemi Carr
J. Don Ferguson
Lisa Arrindell Anderson
Michael W. Smith

Creators:
Michael W. Smith (Primary Contributor)
Jeff Obafemi Carr (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
EAN: 0043396144903
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2006-07-18
Universal product code (UPC): 043396144903
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 103 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2006
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)

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