History Film / Persecuted

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Not unexpectedly, Luther quotes the Bible more than once. Before he [[spoiler:knocks out Senator Harrison]], he turns 1 Samuel 24:3 into a PreAssKickingOneLiner.

* LogicalFallacy: The film tries to treat Christianity as an oppressed minority, where at the same time the Senator wants the church to endorse the bill because he states it would reach more people than the news. There as stating that Christianity has a lot of power.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The film seems to take place in Washington D.C., but was shot in Albuquerque. If one looks heard enough, they'll see locations used in ''BreakingBad''.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The film seems to take place in Washington D.C., but was shot in Albuquerque.

* LogicBomb: The film tries to treat Christianity as an oppressed minority, where at the same time the Senator wants the church to endorse the bill because he states it would reach more people than the news. There as stating that Christianity has a lot of power.

* StepThreeProfit: Somehow after passing this bill it will stop terrorism.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Senator Harrison wants the bill passed, supposedly, [[spoiler:to monitor potential terrorists]]. It's unclear just ''how'' this was meant to function.

* TheDragon: The [[spoiler:Secret Service]] agent working for the Senator.

* StepThreeProfit: Somehow after passing this bill will stop terrorist.

* NebulousCriminalConspiracy: One that goes upp all the way to [[spoiler:the White House]], apparently.

* PoliceAreUseless: Most honest law enforcement officers seen in the film, such as the FBI agents that appear later, do ''nothing'' to aid or hinder Luther. Not only is he able to run around out in the open (and even go swimming at a public pool) when there supposedly is a massive manhunt for him, the few honest FBI agents [[spoiler:are either killed or, in the case of one, taken hostage and having to be saved by Luther]].

John Luther (James Remar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Donald Harrison (Bruce Davison), who wants him to endorse The Faith and Fairness Act, a vaguely defined religious bill that will give all religions equal status (or something like that). When Luther refuses, Harrison starts a plan to discredit Luther and leave his ministry under new management. He has a hitman knock Luther out, kill a runaway girl and frame Luther for her rape and murder, forcing Luther to go on the run in an attempt to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] with help from his father (Fred Thompson).

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Luther has cleared his name, the senator has been killed, as has his lead hitman and many of their operatives. However, the man on top of the conspiracy, the President, is free and above suspicion. Finally, the ending implies that he may still not be safe to speak without fear of another attack on him.]]

* TheHeavy: Even though the Senator is in charge of the conspiracy, his assassin is the one who does almost all of the real damage to Luther in the movie, including framing him for murder.

* MookLieutenant: The Senator's hitman has a bunch of other operatives working for him.

* StrawmanPolitical: The movie portrays anyone who doesn't believe in Christianity as the only valid religion and/or won't promote it as such as greedy and corrupt and, according to Charles Luther, "believe in nothing". As Right Wing Watch put it:

* CoincidentalBroadcast: When Luther tries to get a room at a motel, the girl recognizes him from a news broadcast on a TV behind him.

* NebulousCriminalConspiracy

* PoliceAreUseless: Most honest law enforcement officers seen in the film, such as the FBI agents that appear later, do ''nothing'' to aid or hinder Luther. Not only is he able to run around out in the open when there supposedly is a massive manhunt for him, the few honest FBI agents [[spoiler:are either killed or, in the case of one, taken hostage and having to be saved by Luther]].

* PoliceAreUseless: Most honest law enforcement officers seen in the film, such as the FBI agents that appear later, do ''nothing'' to aid or hinder Luther. Not only is he able to walk around out in the open when there supposedly is a manhunt for him, the FBI agents [[spoiler:are either killed or, in the case of one, taken hostage and having to be saved by Luther]].

* RuleOfSymbolism: When the church board meets after Luther goes on the run, they have a golden calf in the center of the desk. The filmmakers weren't aiming for subtlety...

* StrawmanPolitical: The movie portrays anyone who doesn't believe in Christianity as the only valid religion and/or won't promote it as such as greedy and corrupt and, according to Charles Luther, "believe in nothing".

* NoEnding: [[spoiler:The film ends just as Luther is about to talk at a press conference]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Luther has cleared his name, the senator has been arrested along with his surviving cronies. However, the man on top of the conspiracy, the President, is free and above suspicion. Finally, the ending implies that he may still not be safe to speak without fear of another attack on him.]]

John Luther (James Remar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Donald Harrison (Bruce Davison), who wants him to endorse The Faith and Fairness Act, a vaguely defined religious bill that will give all religions equal status (or something like that). When Luther refuses, Harrison has a hitman knock him out, kill a runaway girl and frame Luther for her rape and murder, forcing him to go on the run in an attempt to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] with help from his father (Fred Thompson).

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Luther has cleared his name, the senator has been arrested along with his surviving cronies. However, the ending implies that he may still not be safe to speak without fear of another attack on him.]]

The film was universally panned, with critics lambasting it not only for its poor quality, but also for its self-righteous message.

John Luther (James Remar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Donald Harrison (Bruce Davison), who wants him to endorse The Faith and Fairness Act, a vaguely defined religious bill that will give all religions equal status (or something like that). When Luther refuses, Harrison has a hitman knock him out, kill a runaway girl and frame Luther for her rape and murder, forcing him to go on the run in an attempt to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] with help from his father (Dean Stockwell).

John Luther (James Remar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Donald Harrison (Bruce Davison), who wants him to endorse The Faith and Fairness Act, a vaguely defined religious bill that will give all religions equal status (or something like that). When Luther refuses, Harrison has a hitman knock him out, kill a runaway girl and frame Luther for her rape and murder, forcing him to go on the run in an attempt to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] with elp from his father (Dean Stockwell).

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: As Hugo and Jake of The Bible Reloaded pointed out in their review, the Faith and Fairness Act (as far as they understood it, anyway) is hopelessly unconstitutional and would never get passed into law.

* DisposableVagrant: The runaway/hooker whose murder Luther is framed for.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: John Luther seems to have been named after Martin Luther, who similarly taught salvation through grace alone.

''Persecuted'' is a 2014 political thriller/Christian persecution fantasy directed by Daniel Lusko.

John Luther (James Remar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Donald Harrison (Bruce Davison), who wants him to endorse The Faith and Fairness Act, a vaguely defined religious bill that will give all religions equal status (or something like that). When Luther refuses, Harrison has a hitman knock him out, kill a runaway girl and frame Luther for her rape and murder, forcing him to go on the run in an attempt to [[ClearMyName clear his name]].

* CoincidentalBroadcast:

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Luther has a moment of this [[spoiler:when finding his father dead.]]

The film was universally panned, with critics lambasting it not only for its poor quality, but also for its self-righteous message and the fact that it doesn't really try to sell the "Christians are persecuted in America" message to anyone new, but .

John Luther (James Remar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Harrison, who wants him to endorse The Faith and Fairness Act, a vaguely defined religious bill that will give all religions equal status. When Luther refuses, Harrison has a group of henchmen knock him out, kill a runaway girl and frame Luther for her rape and murder, forcing him to go on the run in an attempt to [[ClearMyName clear his name]].

The film was universally panned, not just for its poor quality as a film, but also for its self-righteous, paranoid message.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: As Hugo and Jake of The Bible Reloaded pointed out in their review, the Faith and Fairness Act (as far as the movie explains it, anyway) wouldn't stand a chance of being passed in Congress as the First Amendment already prevents the U.S. government from endorsing or prohibiting any particular religion.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Senator Harrison wants the bill passed, supposedly, [[spoiler:to monitor potential terrorists.]] How and if this would actually work is ridiculously unclear.