Dove Review

The Bible has all the material needed for movies about Satan, cults and the end times, but many filmmakers would rather push cockamamie storylines that confuse and mislead. “Bless the Child” makes a point that our society lacks spirituality. It even contains biblical references and positive portrayals of religious people, including the male lead, a cop who went to Seminary. But any affirmative message gets lost in this film’s maze of grisly supernatural special effects and its convoluted, downright silly story.

Dove Rating Details

0

Faith

None

0

Integrity

Although we do not see the violent acts, the bodies of dead children are found, each with a Satanic emblem branded on them; a bloodied severed head falls off a body; a man is shot and killed; another man is shot; knitting needles are shoved into a man's eyes, killing him; a man is set on fire; a young girl is badly beaten; the lead fights with a man and is knocked unconscious; a church is set on fire; a child is threatened with a knife; several fight scenes; a severe car crash; a small boy is lured into a van.

2

Sex

A couple of crude sexual comments.

4

Language

OMG-1; F-2; S-3; expletives-3; several crudities and a coarse reference concerning women.

5

Violence

Although we do not see the violent acts, the bodies of dead children are found, each with a Satanic emblem branded on them; a bloodied severed head falls off a body; a man is shot and killed; another man is shot; knitting needles are shoved into a man's eyes, killing him; a man is set on fire; a young girl is badly beaten; the lead fights with a man and is knocked unconscious; a church is set on fire; a child is threatened with a knife; several fight scenes; a severe car crash; a small boy is lured into a van.

5

Drugs

One character is a junkie and we see track marks on her arms; man injects heroin into a woman's arm; lead character drinks a glass of wine; teen girl smokes a cigarette.

0