He Say... She Say... But What Does GOD Say?

This film was tough for me to stomach. I rented because some of the names involved such as the producer and the actor who played in such things as Gospel and Brothers. I was quickly cooled to the idea with the eye bulging antics of the so called comic relief. Tommy of the Martin Show plays with the word in what could be considered blasphemy. About 15 minutes in a large dark skin woman comes onto the stage slowly eating a banana. Such coon acting and self mockery was more than I could take as I cut off the film at that point. The movie opens with a slick pimp pulling rank on one of his underlings that he feels has been disloyal. After making quick work of putting him in check, he turns his attention to capturing the church which evidentally will go to the highest bidder. The humor that is attempted in the scene where Tommy puts together a plan to save the church is dim witted, slow, and insulting to the audience to which the producers must underestimate as slow. I say that because the lines seem to repeat and ponder much too long too much of the time. There is also a large effeminate man and it can not really be determined if the character is acting like that to toy with the Tommy character or if he is truly into men. Either way, such material seems to fly in the face of the supposed theme of the movie making it too much of a mix match.

Sure, it's apparently intended to be a religious promo; sure, a lot of the plot and characterization is over the top; sure, the ending could be, to some degree, predicted.

So what? If for no other reason, watch this just to see Julie Dickens.

Here at IMDb, this show is her first credit. By now, she should have had thousands more.

She is refreshingly lovely, and her laugh should warm the heart of even the most hard-bitten theater-goer. And she is a good actress.

While most of my admiration goes to her, because -- to be honest -- she really is so lovely, most of the other players also are darn good, and even those who aren't darn good do what they are supposed to do.

D.J. Rogers, Jr., is so good and so good-looking that surely he will be a major star. It should help that he is the prime good guy here. I'm astonished at the paucity of credits so far for this huge talent.

Clifton Powell has the juicy part as the prime bad guy, and what power and authority he brings to the role. And at least he has been kept busy, meaning people who count have recognized his ability. Hooray.

Thomas Miles is what used to be called "the action heavy." He is just stupendous. And yet he has few credits! Where is the justice in Hollywood? This man should be performing in a big budget production every day. He is extraordinary.

The writing and directing need some work, but a viewer needs to realize the context: This is a stage work. Perhaps with a bigger budget and bigger sets, it would have been less stylized and more realistic -- but would it have been much better?

The producers and, in particular, the actors deserve our admiration, indeed our awe, and this presentation needs to be seen.

just bought the play today and sat down to watch it tonight, and I liked to shed a few tears at the end; It goes like this: you have this drug dealer, Satin Jones(Clifton Powell),whose bar sits right next door to a church; his underling becomes too ambitious and threatens to take over the church; the pastor is already gunned down in a confrontation with them; and Satin is ready to close in on the property of the church next door to "expand" his territory; when he asks his people to wait on this, his associate,in direct opposition to what Satin said, goes to the church, terrorizes the members and beats up the new preacher; despite of all of this, the church presses on and even a love thing goes on between the preacher and one of the members; The ending of the play is the absolute best and will make you want to cry; What I learned most out of this play is that no matter how things may look or seem, things can go up after being down. Recommended viewing. One more thing, I started watching David Talbert before getting in on Tyler; I won't compare but I will say that I thank God for the both of them and that there is room for them both

I disagree this movie is the definition of Christianity they were in the wrong and preacher Jackson brought them out...you see everything changed, even the church members behavior...Satin was saved and they got to keep the church, why because of faith, if you can't see this than it's time to evaluate your own faith,because as the bible says we are to go out and to teach to every living creature...the bible however does not say all people are to be perfect which is what we are expected to be...I believe if we open our eyes or maybe even complete the movie we can better understand the ways in which god works!And if we do not see these things than we must not call our us Christ-like!

I actually loved the stage play. I am an aspiring singer that love artist, who are brilliant such as David Talbert and others in the same arena. I feel that the music was awesome and allowed each person to utilize the gift that God has given them. Dj Rogers totally blew me out the water because of his display of the passion he has for the Lord, and I felt it when he sang Majesty. I was totally inspired because I know that God has given me a gift and I don't want to waste it. Not to mention the fact that he is FINE inside and out.....(smiles) I pray that all who were in this play that God richly blesses all of your endeavers and that many doors are opened for you, remember, the word says that a Mans gift will make room for them, so be not discouraged.