Film: Second Chance

Christian films have slowly and surely being catching up with the industry. Christian music has been widely recognized for a while now, and cinema is slowly on it's way.

The Second Chance, starring Michael W. Smith, is about a pastor who is estranged by the cold-shoulder of his fathers church, and returns to the church of his youth... right in the middle of the projects. He has to deal with homeless, prostitutes, and innercity street gangs, in a way that helps their daily needs, and shows them the light of Christ.

The film is fairly well directed, very well scripted, and has pretty decent acting. Good cinematography, and a true and heart-wrenching message.

Two cool things about this film...

First, a lot of the street people and some of the minor actors are actual homeless people or aspiring actors and actresses from the projects.

Second, the large church where some of the scenes were filmed, is none other than Brentwood Baptist! As some of you may know, they graciously hosted 8 of us when we drove 20-something hours to attend the Passion 05 conference. It was pretty weird seeing Brentwood play the role of a fictional church in the movie.