Reviews

Persecuted is the tale of a Christian televangelist (Luther, played brilliantly by Remar) under pressure by government officials to support legislation that would give the US Government oversight over all faiths in exchange for Federal funds. At the beginning, Luther is pressured by a key senator (Davison) to support the proposed legislation. Luther does not agree with the Federal curtailment of his freedom to speak of Christianity as the true faith, and of not supporting, through taxation, other faiths. When Luther rejects the senator's proposed legislation, he incurs the wrath of those seeing the legislation as a cure-all for worldwide religious unrest. A plot is then placed into motion to destroy Luther's reputation and credibility. Luther must struggle against influential government operatives to not only support his convictions, but to stay alive. Superb acting enhances a tight plot.

Great movie! A conscientious Wall Street broker and his co-worker wife travel to the west coast for the broker's brother's funeral. The brother has been murdered and the broker's family business is organized crime, shady operations at the San Diego docks. The leader of the crime family is frail and ineffective, and the family's business is being carried on by easy-going incompetents. The broker's one-day visit is extended as he realizes it is up to him to solve his brother's murder and run the family business until it can be liquidated. His investigation into his brother's death leads to frightening encounters with the prime suspects, people engaged in various criminal activities. Aided by his wife, he starts to unravel the mystery of his brother's death, and to understand the family business. He finds that the family business is under attack by ruthless competitors and by watchful federal agents. The couple must act decisively to save the family and themselves. It's a great yarn, superbly acted.

This is an interesting and hilariously funny movie! A lawyer about to get married is incapacitated after a bachelor party just prior to a court appearance on a routine case where he represents the defendant. His buddy, an unemployed actor, takes his place at the trial for what is supposed to be a 5 minute appearance. The attractive female prosecutor wants to move on with the case, and the substitute lawyer is committed to participate in the trial. The recovering real lawyer meets a cute waitress and enjoys her company on his day off, only later to find that his friend's errors in court force a continued role as his doppelganger. The courtroom scenes are are absolutely hilarious, as are the off-courtroom romantic entanglements of both friends. Don't miss this movie! It's the kind you will enjoy seeing over and over again.