One Night with the King- not a dud

I have to admit I was really surprised with the quality of the movie One Night with the King. I have seen many “religious” movies in my day. Let’s just say there has not been a lot to talk about. Perhaps this change in religious movies is do to the passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson. Before Mel’s movie almost every “religious” movie dealt with the end times. These were usually screened on Saturday nights by youth groups across the nation. The one that really struck me was about a super computer that keeps track of every sin. Even though the movie was boring at least it was unbiblical.
The movie is produced by Michael Crouch. He had made the Omega Code which I did not enjoy. I was talking to Alicia and told her that I did not remember much about the Omega Code. She said that was because I fell asleep. One Night with the King had a 20 million dollar budget. This is 20 million more than other religious movies. The only misleading part of the movie was Peter O Toole. He was only in the movie for about 15 seconds. Did the movie present the gospel No. But that’s okay.
I was glad to see a well made movie that interested me without a ton of profanity and nude scenes. My wife enjoyed the movie to. It had a love story but did not put me to sleep like Message in a Bottle. The movie was very close to the biblical account and only contained a few little Hollywood extras. This week the movie was in the top ten (it was number nine). I definitely recommend this movie.