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Godspeed

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A teenager lures a former faith healer (Joseph McKelheer) to her remote family farm six months after the cleric's wife and son were murdered.

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Apr 9, 2010
3/5
Despite its fissures in tone and technique, Godspeed occasionally plays like a sturdy indie outpost of revenge cinema. Go to Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Mar 31, 2010
This tautly wound and even more tightly paced mini-epic of love, loss, and redemption deep in the heart of God's country (aka Alaska) is nothing if not awe-inspiring. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Mar 26, 2010
3/5
Opens tentatively but ends confidently with a climax that's bloody enough to jolt but not enough to sicken -- a trick that too many directors have yet to master. Go to Full Review Norm Schrager Filmcritic.com Apr 9, 2010
3/5
All the theological themes and delicate cinematography in the world can't alter the fact that watching someone get theirs simply makes us feel better Go to Full Review Don R. Lewis Film Threat Mar 31, 2010
4/5
Intense, brutal, intriguing and expertly executed. Go to Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Mar 27, 2010
5.45/10
Often contrived, stilted and awkwardly preachy albeit occasionally suspenseful and filled with haunting visuals. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mar 20, 2017 Powerful & intense!!!! See more May 13, 2012 The things one's faith and beliefs will make them do; finding justification in taking another's life. So so. See more Nov 17, 2011 The things one's faith and beliefs will make them do; finding justification in taking another's life. So so. See more Mar 11, 2011 O terceiro acto é executado de forma aterradora e cheia de tensão, mas não salva tudo o resto que veio deslavado e sem interesse... See more Jan 30, 2011 The one and only reason I put this movie on my Netflix instant queue was because of the actor Joseph McKelheer (Night Stalker, Rampage-The Hillside Strangler Murders) who plays Charlie Shepard, a preacher of sorts who claims to be a faith healer but is going down a familiar road of alcohol abuse once again. McKelheer played Wendell Hamilton in the movie The Hamiltons which was an After Dark Horrorfest 1 offering directed by the Butcher Brothers (April Fools Day remake, The Violent Kind). I thought he was the best actor and character in the movie and I vowed to see more of this guy when I could. Here he does a fine job in his role but as a whole the movie just didn't have enough things going for it for me. Filmed entirely in Alaska with some truly breathtaking images of the state the film deals with the actions of Charlie's faith healing and a family who's mother is dealing with cancer. To say it gets all f-ed up is an understatement. Courtney Halverson (Freaky Faron) does a solid job while Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) chews up the scenery with the overacting bug that took me right out of the movie. Even Ed Lauter shows up as a cop! I haven't seen him in anything for awhile, maybe since Not Another Teen Movie. Overall, I can't recommend this movie but check out Butcher Brothers' The Hamiltons for McKelheer and a cast of unknowns for one of the better Horrorfest movies. See more Nov 13, 2010 Too little, too late for us to care all that much. Most of the film is pretty muddled, bleak and boring but it has its charms. See more Read all reviews
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Robert Saitzyk

Director

Joseph McKelheer

Charlie Shepard

Courtney Halverson

Sarah

Cory Knauf

Luke

Ed Lauter

Mitch

Jessie Ward

Rebecca Shepard

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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenager lures a former faith healer (Joseph McKelheer) to her remote family farm six months after the cleric's wife and son were murdered.
Director
Robert Saitzyk
Producer
Johnny Flanagan, Houston King
Screenwriter
Cory Knauf, Robert Saitzyk
Production Co
Helios Productions, Alterity Films, Highlander Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 26, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
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