-Hangmen (1987) (0/5).
-Gone Baby Gone (4/5).
-Gran Torino (4/5).
-Hangover, The (2009) (2/5).
-Lakeview Terrace (2/5).
-Last of the Mohicans (5/5) (unofficial, honorary 6/5).
-Man for All Seasons, A (4/5).
-On the Waterfront (4/5).
-Punisher: War Zone (3/5).
-Star Wars: Episodes 1-3 (2/5).
-Taken (4/5).
-Third Man, The (1949) (4/5).
-War of the Worlds (1/5).
Please remember, the foregoing reviews are made for the purpose of informing readers about the content to enable them to make an informed decision about whether to see and/or whether to take their children to see, the film reviewed. Though our writers may make comments about what they did or did not like about certain parts of a given film, those comments are not intended to be an endorsement or a recommendation to watch, rent, or buy.
Also, you may notice that each film reviewed contains a numerical "score" or "ranking." These are given purely as a judge of whether the film accomplished what it set out to do: entertain, inform, innovate, or deliver certain artistic quality. The numerical scores do not have any bearing on a film's quality from a Biblical perspective. Which elements of a movie are or are not Biblical is a topic discussed in the text of the review, especially in PRO/CON sections. In other words, a film scored 5/5 accomplished all that its makers set out to do, but it is not necessarily a movie we would recommend for anyone watch. For instance, "Punisher: War Zone" was an entertaining movie, but it was very violent and contained lots of profanity, which are listed as major drawbacks. A more detailed explanation of numerical scoring can be found below.
Scoring works as follows:
- 0/5 - the movie has no redeeming value, utterly failing in its purpose.
- 1/5 - the movie is very bad, suffering from one or more serious defects.
- 2/5 - the movie has some value, but it fails to accomplish 1 or more of its goals.
- 3/5 - the movie accomplished its basic goals but could have been better in some way.
- 4/5 - this movie is well above the curve, accomplishing all its goals and evoking a strong reaction in its viewers. However, it fails to do something that has never been done before or rise to the level of being the best example of the genre.
- 5/5 - this movie not only accomplishes its goals, but it went farther than its goals to either do something completely new or to become the standard by which other movies in the genre will be compared/judged.
