The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his violent secret identity with his calling as a pastor.
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
I had heard about this movie some time ago so when I came across it on Netflix I thought I'd check it out. As a pro wrestling fan from way back, the idea of a wrestler turned minister sounded somewhat appealing if unconventional, and the story itself is generally okay, but you can tell it's acted poorly and the production values place it in B movie territory. I thought the casting was a bit bizarre too, with the actress portraying hooker Valerie (Danielle Benton) the best looking woman in the picture. She certainly didn't present a wasted, street life character in need of redemption so much as someone who just needed to turn things around in her life.I wasn't aware that 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper had passed until I checked his screen credit here on IMDb. He was a pretty flamboyant character with the WWF, and it was a hoot to hear him state in the picture that pro wrestling hadn't been on the up and up since the Seventies. I had to laugh, does that mean when I was following Bruno Sammartino, Bobo Brazil, Gorilla Monsoon and Killer Kowalski throughout the Sixties, it was all legit? That would be pretty funny.The one concession the picture makes in it's blend of wrestling and religion was the name of one of the Saint's finishing holds - the faith breaker. When sizing up Brett Granstaff against James Preston Rogers' character, The Reaper, one gets a pretty good idea that size doesn't matter in pro wrestling when it comes to the script writing. But it should when it comes to making movies, and that's where this one falls a little short.
I loved every second of this flix, I got lifted and remained so suspended on billowy clouds and just eased bax with the Saint at the helm to bear me to a better place transfiguring the temporal, transcending ennui, whereupon I was laid to rest onto the vast empyrean stardust in a providential transmutation. Kick ass job! The Reaper was incredible! Rowdy was awesome, totalee!!!! Just a throw-bax to some fun flix from my formative years and really enjoyed the message.... Good does triumph... unfortunately this is a flix so, yeah, afterwards I was a lil' let down , hey coming down isn't always easy, Yet, hand in hand with the Saint, reflecting on the lil' remembrances of this lil' gem, surely a graceful landing is vouchsafed! Pray, do give it chance, that is how I came across this lil' angel, by chance, or maybe divine providence? Who the hell knows, all I know is I had some fun! Chillexed and love it...
This film is an excellent blend of suspense, satire and humor. It captures the attention of the audience in the first five minutes...so don't come late to see this movie. The acting was convincing, although one would expect that there will be no Oscar nominations for any movie that espouses Christian virtues. Too often critics will intellectualize their review of movies, such as this one, hoping to discredit some aspect, such as the plot, the acting talent, or the directing; however, keep in mind that those critics oftentimes applaud violence and disrespect for decency, and viciously attack those moors of American society that have made America the great nation it is today. The Masked Saint teaches through this true biography that although there are villains in the world, "good" oftentimes does prevail when one has faith. Maintain an open mind when watching The Masked Saint and you will want to stand and applaud like I did at the refreshing ending.
I've been aware that Christ and Wrestling go well together for a few years now, and now the Mask Saint is the movie to prove it.It reminds me of the faith based film, I'm in Love With a Church Girl, but while that movie hit you with the speech about how Christ loves Hip Hop, the Mask Saint, like a good wrestling movie should, comes down to the point that talk is cheap.But the wrestling is not. Though you can tell(mostly by their size) that most of the actors may not be wrestlers in a past life, that did not stop them from giving us some impressive in the ring scenes. It was pretty action packed and exciting.Outside the ring, it's a cool story about a vigilante in a wrestling mask whose secret identity is that of a Pastor in the neighborhood church. The fact that this really happen makes it even more interesting.Over all it's a good low end superhero flick about Christian wrestling worthy of being the late great Rowdy Roddy Piper's last.