Movie Review: War Room
I had the opportunity to watch the Thursday night preview
of the new Christian movie “War Room” which premiered in theaters on Friday
August 28th. This is another movie by the Kendrick brothers that
promises to be a block buster.
The Kendrick brothers’ previous hits include “Fireproof”
and “Courageous”. War Room squeezed out Compton for a first
place finish at the box office on opening night and finished a strong second
place during its opening weekend. With
War Room’s compelling story line and the strong performance by its cast it
should continue to perform well at the box office.
The theme of “War Room” is prayer. If your faith is on fire you will love this
movie from start to finish. But even if
your faith is not on fire or even luke warm you will enjoy the movie, but there
will be a few moments where you might wonder if it’s for you, but stay with it,
you will be glad you did.
War Room is a very compelling and touching story which
revolves around an African American family, the Jordan’s, who are struggling as
a family but this all changes when they meet an elderly God filled woman named
Miss Clara (Karen Abercrombie), who introduces them to her “war room” and her
prayer strategy.
Elizabeth Jordan (Priscilla Shirer) is a real estate
agent who is hired by Miss Clara to sell her house. Over a cup of coffee Miss Clara directs the
conversation towards Elizabeth’s personal and faith life. This makes Elizabeth a bit uncomfortable but
agrees to think about Miss Clara’s offer to mentor her prayer life.
This proves to be a timely conversation as the Jordan
family was definitely in the need of prayer and spiritual support. Tony Jordan
(T.C. Stallings), Elizabeth’s husband, is very self-centered and caught up in
his career. He is also struggling with
his family relationships and integrity issues.
Their daughter, Danielle (Alena Pitts) confides in her friend that her
home life is not a happy one and that her parents always fight when they are
together.
Fortunately, Elizabeth decides to accept Miss Clara to
mentor her in her prayer life.
I will not go into a lot of details as I do not want to
ruin the movie for you but what I just told you is the tip of the iceberg.
Things really begin to spiral out of control, which motivates Elizabeth to
engage in deeper prayer. At different
points both Danielle and Tony find Elizabeth’s prayer room and the experience
touches both of them and leads them to develop a prayer life.
With the help of faith and prayer this family overcomes
the challenges they face. This is a
story that will certainly touch your heart and hopefully will help move you to
consider stepping up your prayer life. I
strongly recommend this movie to all. I
feel it is the Kendrick brother’s strongest production yet.
