After graduating from high school without any plans for the future, Isaiah receives a push to start making better life decisions.After graduating from high school without any plans for the future, Isaiah receives a push to start making better life decisions.After graduating from high school without any plans for the future, Isaiah receives a push to start making better life decisions.
Priscilla C. Shirer
- Cynthia Wright
- (as Priscilla Shirer)
- …
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first Kendrick Brothers film where characters from an earlier film (War Room) appear.
- Quotes
Joshua Moore: Be a fountain, not a drain.
- SoundtracksWe Grow Together
composed by Zachary Leffew
Featured review
Over the years, the Kendrick brothers have brought Christian movies to the forefront. I wouldn't call myself religious, so I know these movies aren't really aimed toward me. Still, I gotta do my duty as a movie critic and see every movie I'm able to, to feed my never-ending love of movies, and for you guys of course. Their newest movie is actually a spin-off of their earlier film WAR ROOM, which I actually watched afterwards, for research purposes. THE FORGE is a movie about 19-year-old Isaiah (Aspen Kennedy), an irresponsible boy who plays basketball with his friends and plays video games "too much". Raised by a single mom (Priscilla Shirer) who has had it with his bull, gives him 1 month to find a job. This leads Isaiah to meet Joshua (Cameron Arnett), an older man who gives him a job and becomes his mentor, in the company and in life. You can definitely tell the director is a preacher. I know the powerful religious message is important, but it completely overshadows any resemblance of a movie. This felt exactly like WAR ROOM, with lower stakes. Sermons and melodramatic praying out loud for most of it, then they remembered it needs to be more than just a bible study, so they have a nearly impossible task that the company needs to accomplish, or they lose the business. The balance between message and movie was way off to one side. I will say though the acting is very good, leading to me getting a little emotional during some scenes (leave my heartstrings alone). While THE FORGE has many obvious tropes, I think Christians will enjoy this sermon, not as much for film critics. No wonder it doesn't have a critic's score on Rotten Tomatoes yet.
- stevencsmovies
- Sep 4, 2024
- Permalink
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,123,632
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,659,508
- Aug 25, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $40,388,613
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content