Plot Summary
Colton is a bad boy. He spray paints churches, defies his passive aggressive parents, makes fun of people for no reason, skips out on work, destroys volleyballs, blends up cell phones, and drinks at parties. But his drunkenness costs him one night when he and his buddy are driving home drunk and they crash into a fellow student of theirs. While in the hospital, Colton dies and comes back to life a totally changed man. He seeks to make amends with Sarah, the girl he crashed into, and tries to help her regain her tennis skills. The more time they spend together, the more they like each other.
Production Quality (0 points)
WisenQuest seems set on generating low quality Christian productions at any cost. Overcome repeats their usual mistakes, including terrible camera work and low video quality. Audio quality is also bad, accompanied by a cheesy free soundtrack. Though outside scenes are a central part of this film, they are executed very poorly—sometimes too bright and other times too dark. For that matter, sets and locations are very underwhelming and low-effort. Finally, there is virtually no editing as the production team squeezed everything possible into the runtime to make the movie long enough to be justifiable; more on this will be discussed shortly. Basically, this is just business as usual for WisenQuest.
Plot and Storyline Quality (0 points)
Overcome is supposed to be based on the conversion of the Apostle Paul, but the plot has a very weak correlation with the original story. As previously mentioned, there is very little content to speak of in this plot. The runtime is padded with tons of childish montages and cheesy awkward conversations. The dialogue is very staged, thus creating cardboard characters. Though the writers attempt to take on serious issues of juvenile delinquency, they are ill-equipped to handle them because the issues are portrayed in an immature fashion. It’s like they’re scared to do anything ‘too controversial’ or ‘too deep’ and thus skate on the surface of everything, never finding any substance. The ending is anti-climactic and the film is overall yawn-inducing.
Acting Quality (0 points)
Pulling from their usual store of amateur cast members, the Wisenquest team did not see fit to employ any acting coaching. Some lines are mumbled and most of them come off as overly rehearsed. Emotions are forced and not believable. Also, makeup jobs are atrocious.
Conclusion
The team at WisenQuest apparently just decided to spit out some half-hearted ideas in an unprofessional fashion just to contribute to the already-crowded market of wasted Christian films. With very little content to speak of and a tiny correlation with a Biblical account, Overcome is as forced as a movie comes. This is called making a movie for the sake of making one. No thought was put into quality. This film will just take its place among the myriad of failed Christian films before and after it.
Final Rating: 0 out of 10 points
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I didn’t even know that this movie was supposed to be based on the conversion/life of the Apostle Paul until I read this review! Of course, the true plot is just a bit hard to discern🤔
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You must not have been paying attention, the pastor encourages Colton’s parents to pray for a Saul like conversion.
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