A hypocritical Pentecostal preacher is a complete douche. His douchiness leads him to find himself on the run from the police.
Once on the run, he decides to try to set up a Church before the police catch up with him. And for some reason we're expected to care. Frankly the character hasn't changed one bit once we reach the end of the film.
Robert Duvall is pretty cool in the main role and it was nice to see Walton Goggins (from The Shield) and Miranda Richardson too. There was nothing really wrong with any of the performances. I just felt the story was all a bit pointless.
Mainly the film just established how little I understand the appeal of Pentecostal preaching. It just felt incredibly repetitive and heck, how could it not when it involves getting the congregation to say "Jesus" many times in a row, over and over again. And the showmanship of the preaching seemed incredibly fake. Now all these impressions may be intentional, but I was at a loss as to why I should care.
Well made, well acted and kinda boring. The message went right over my head.
D+