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After a long time coming of not believing this would ever happen, I'm so happy to say I wanted to cry tears of joy based on how much I really enjoyed this film. While basic plot of the story is pretty much the same, it's an entirely different film in tone, atmosphere, scope, and depth. For it's crazy runtime, it flew by and I didn't want it to end.

Each character is given greater depth this time around, action scenes were off the charts awesome, musical score is on point, I really don't have many negatives about the film.

A few things didn't quite work for me as well as I wanted them to but it was a joy to watch and be so impressed by how epic and artistic this film actually ended up being. It felt like a genuinely mature piece of work that will stand the test of time. What a ride and I can't wait to watch it again.

"The Fighting Preacher" benefits from a slightly fresher style than other Mormon films of its kind and definitely shows more promising production value. Still, the performances are one-dimensional and the script is incredibly predictable.

It's a boring piece that feels just like the other propaganda stories of its kind and Mormon films still feel that its fair to predict "outsiders" as one-dimensional bullies that in order for them to become a decent person, they must convert to the religion.

I found the film to be generally poorly done considering the time it was released and felt that at this stage, there should be no excuses anymore to prevent Mormon cinema to reach a new standard. Unfortunately, the genre is trapped in a never ending "early saints" setting, determined to portray Mormons as perfectly kind hearted people being victimized by everyone in the country.

The main lead's performance is the only thing that grounds the film for me in some kind of reality. Unfortunately, everything else fails.