Tom Branch - Roads of Faith

***SPOLIER WARNING***

Stephen King has done it again. Yes he is an oldie when it comes to Horror movies. Yet every now n then he can come up with one that makes you think. I did not read the book but once again a miniseries/movie on TV has come to mind. In fact what I saw last ngiht is now my second fav Stephen King flick. Next to "The Stand" that is.

Last night I came home and was gonna do some email and fix some grub. Yet I came home and became glued very fast to what was on TV. IN fact I was glued for the next three hours. It was Desperation.

This had a decent cast and before I knew what movie it was, it had a feel to it. I told my roomate this looked like a Stephen King movie. It was. It had a part that reminded me of watching the Stand. So this already had my attention as it was not a basic horror flick. This one had that religion thought into it.

Long story short the Bad guy was another supernatural being, of course evil, and took over folks and went on a murderous rage. In fact killed a whole town. Tourists then became prey after the towns folk were all gone. Well one family was, well victims of the evil. But the young boy of the group, the praying boy, really molded the rest of the movie. He prayed alot and the rag tag team of folks all over different walks of life worked well together.

Now the boy brought up one part several times of being God's will. Even in death and challenges he faced them with a strong determination and in focus of everything he did was God's will.

It got me thinking. But not as much as it should have. I mean to maintain the focus. Now there was still a dash of realism in it when near the end one of the characters confronted the kid, and staged to hold him down to obtain a shotgun shell from the boys pocket. At that point he confronted the boy who at that point wanted to go in alone...he told him (to the boy) that that was not god's will and that god was not speaking to him then. So he (the man) went in alone instead.

The man who went in was a dobuter but had a dose of God, as he put it. Even until the end he still had a few doubts it seemed. Yet his focus kept him through his task. Even when the evil was now tempting him and trying to entice him with false promises...I mean c'mon when an evil spirit say they will give you whatever you want ya know its false...he played the demon off and finished what he set forth to do. This was his redemption as he realized this same demon he faced in his past.

Now with is a horror suspense flick it had me on the edge of my seat. And when it had the religious part of it...showed the doubts and faith of others and how they all interacted with one another...that had me glued. This kid kept a promise, followed God, and prayed. People were dying around him and he prayed. I know some folks like me have a bad day and God gets out of the picture somehow.

In a nutshell no matter how superficial or fake or even how real these evils are...seek God in all we do, hold strong to that faith, we are here to love and to serve God, and be careful in claiming what we think is god's will (what god tells us). All this from a Stephen King flick.

Whoudda thunk it?

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