History Film / Persecuted

* 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. Therefore showing that Christianity has a lot of power.

* TheCameo: [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel Fox News']] own Gretchen Carlson appears in a couple of scenes as a news anchor.

John Luther (Creator/JamesRemar) is a popular evangelist with a dark past. He is approached by Senator Donald Harrison (Creator/BruceDavison), 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, Mr. Gray, 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).

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, Mr. Gray, 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).

* HollywoodLaw: As Hugo and Jake of ''WebVideo/TheBibleReloaded'' 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, or, assuming it somehow did, ever stand up in court.

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

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

!Tropes

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

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: John Luther seems to have been named after Martin Luther, who similarly taught salvation through grace alone (now the common Protestant position).

* TheCameo: [[FoxNewsChannel Fox News']] own Gretchen Carlson appears in a couple of scenes as a news anchor.

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

* HollywoodLaw: 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, or, assuming it somehow did, ever stand up in court.