Dove Review

“Badge of Faith” is based on the incredible true story of Officer Bryan Lawrence, a man who loves God and his family, and winds up paralyzed after an encounter with fugitives. Andrew Lauer is wonderful as Bryan, a man who tries to see the sunny side of everything but battles a few doubts on his road to recovery. He goes from promising his future daughter-in-law he will walk her down the aisle to marry his son, to a moment, in despondency, when he encourages his wife to divorce him as he doesn’t want to be a burden to her. Yet through it all, he remembers a voice he heard, a voice he believed to be the voice of God, right after his injury, in which he was told to “Keep your eyes on me.”

This film features dramatic inspiring moments which will move the viewer. And it has some comedy relief, too. In one scene, Bryan is about to have words with his wife and a nurse and his roommate sees it and pretends to be asleep. The fact that this movie is based on a true story makes it even more inspiring. And the ending is a winner of an ending! We happily award this film our Faith Friendly Seal for ages 12-plus. It makes it clear—God can use any circumstance for His glory. Don’t miss this movie!

Dove Rating Details

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Faith

None

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Integrity

A few scenes of an officer taking a man down; officers pursue speeding man on the run; officer is kicked in the head and hit in stomach and left, injured; bullies pick on a boy a few times and he hits them with balls; bullies are hit with a board being pushed up from a fence; a kid is punched by another kid; a scene of several men exchanging gunshots from a car and a house porch; man accidentally rides his wheelchair into a light pole; man in his wheelchair falls out of an ambulance.

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Sex

None

1

Language

Cheese and crackers (said instead of a curse word)-1; sucks-1; shut up-1

2

Violence

A few scenes of an officer taking a man down; officers pursue speeding man on the run; officer is kicked in the head and hit in stomach and left, injured; bullies pick on a boy a few times and he hits them with balls; bullies are hit with a board being pushed up from a fence; a kid is punched by another kid; a scene of several men exchanging gunshots from a car and a house porch; man accidentally rides his wheelchair into a light pole; man in his wheelchair falls out of an ambulance.

2

Drugs

A man smokes a cigarette in one scene; a booze comment on TV; a man's pills are shown and meds are mentioned.

2

Nudity

Women in bathing suits, nurses, help a shirtless man with therapy in the water; cleavage.

2

Other

A kid's older brother speaks against cops to him; tattoos on man's arms; tension between a few characters; a man who cannot walk nobly offers a divorce to his wife, and she becomes very angry with him; the hardship of a family dealing with a serious injury to the husband/father.