The Masked Saint

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One thing I did not know was this film was based on a true story of a wrestler turned preacher.
In the film Chris Samuels is a professional wrestler that retires to become a preacher at a Michigan Baptist church. This church is in a bad area and is struggling with perishaners and cash flow. An opportunity comes along to possibly wrestle again to make money for the church. That is an idea he really struggles with.
This film is a biopic mixed with a religious film which is an interesting combination. It does do everything that every other biopic and religious film does: Starts out with a rough childhood, rises above that, falls for some reason, than comes back up. Having said that it does not play off as bad as it does in some other movies like that so, you could do worse.
GRADE:C

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