Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.
Acting
Ving Rhames commits harder than this script deserves.
Practical Effects
Toronto standing in for American city adds accidental surrealism.
Director
Duane Crichton
Ving Rhames
Armstrong Cane
Dean McDermott
John Henry James / Blaze
Ricardo Chavira
Rev. Danny Christopher
Dwain Murphy
Norris Johns
Genelle Williams
Ashley Ellis
Kate Todd
Sherri Butler
K.C. Collins
Mike
Richard Leacock
Mr. Ken Salter
Phillip Jarrett
Pastor Curry
Kathy Maloney
Ms. Ellis
Ardon Bess
Officer Earle
Kedar Brown
Deacon Jake
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in Toronto's Regent Park neighborhood, which was genuinely mid-gentrification during shooting—making the 'dying community' themes accidentally meta.
This arrived at peak 'Christian cinema direct-to-DVD' era, when films like Facing the Giants proved faith-based audiences would buy anything with a redemption arc. Rhames brought rare A-list credibility to the genre.
US
CA
