Review Courtesy of
Mercy Streets
Dove Family-Approved
Recommended for ages 12 and over
Theatrical Release: 10/31/2000
Video Release:
5/15/2001
Reviewer: Dick Rolfe Source: Theater Company: Providence Entertainment Writer: John Gunn, John Mann Director: John Gunn Producer: Signal Hill Pictures Genre: Drama Runtime: 106 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Starring: Eric Roberts, David White, Cynthia Watros, Stacy Keach
Synopsis:
"Mercy Streets," an urban drama pitting brother against brother, one an ex-con, recently released from prison, running from his past; the other, a sincere yet uninspired young minister struggling with his faith. Brothers connected by blood, separated by hate, reunited by crime, and forever bonded by love.
Estranged twin brothers John (David White), a con man, and Jeremiah (David White), a preacher, are forced to switch lives. Out of a simple switch emerges repressed feelings of guilt and hate that leaves their lives and the people they love changed forever.
Dove Worldview:
“Mercy Streets” has all the suspense and hard-hitting action you would expect from any urban flick, with a couple of significant exceptions: no profanity; no adultery or fornication; no gratuitous violence; and a strong message of redemption, forgiveness and reconciliation. How did this happen you may ask? A group of talented, dedicated Christian filmmakers got together and produced a top notch movie in the genre of Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra or Horton Foote. They found a way to stimulate and even excite the audience without using the usual cheap tricks employed by most lazy Hollywood filmmakers. In "Mercy Streets," might does not make right. In fact, the strength of this film is in its clear message that there are Godly requisites for true conflict resolution, and what's more, they work to everyone's advantage.
Go see "Mercy Streets." Furthermore, take a teenager or church youth group to see it. They will find plenty of action and plenty of fodder for meaningful discussions. For example: “There is a way that seems right to man, the end thereof is death” or “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness;” the list goes on.
Sex: None
Language: For God's sake-1.
Violence: Gun play; fist fighting; beating; fake shooting with fake blood; bloody body partly shown in car trunk.
Drugs: Smoking
Nudity: None
Other: None
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