Beyond the Mask (2015)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Potential viewers for "Beyond the Mask" might be wary of the movie since it was made by Christian filmmakers. As it turns out, the movie isn't particularly preachy; while there are some declarations of faith, they are just occasional and are never heavy-handed. Another thing about the movie worthy of merit is the depiction of Benjamin Franklin; scenes with this character do have some effective dry humor that does represent the real historical figure well.Apart from those two things I mentioned above, well, the movie simply doesn't work. The idea of the movie - a swashbuckling take on the events leading to America's declaration of independence in 1776 - definitely did have potential. The main problem is that the movie for the most part is really boring. There's far too much talk, and the talk isn't particularly interesting. Yes, there are action sequences sprinkled here and there, but under the direction of Chad Burns the action comes across as really clumsy and choppy, and is sometimes hard to follow.Speaking of things hard to follow, the story has some confusing elements. For example: If the hero has incriminating papers on him, why does he wait so long before trying to use them? And why doesn't he or Franklin simply cut the wires under the city in the climatic sequence instead of doing a one man commando raid on the windmill? These and other instances of characters not doing the obvious thing make the movie really silly at times.The icing on the cake is the general look and feel of the movie. While on one hand it's impressive for what was a REALLY low budget, the movie all the same looks and feels like something made for television instead of theaters.While the movie got the Dove Foundation's seal of approval for family audiences, I think both kids and adults will find the movie very unsatisfying.

It was a promising storyline with a pretty clear start. In my knowledge I haven't seen a movie with story as this one. But somehow the quality of the production started to deplete as the movie went on.Knowing that this wasn't qualified to be a 'A' grade movie, I was pretty astonished by the camera as well the costume effort put into this. Seriously excellent work.Only reason that kept me going on to watch this movie till the end. Kept trying to find something out of place. But till the end of the pocket watch, nothing else seem to caught my eye. If you don't have any other movie left to watch. This would pass your time. Although it took me 5 hours to complete this one.

I loved the idea of this movie since the first time I watched the trailer back in August. The fact that Christian film makers decided it was time to venture into a new sub-genre was exciting to me. Is this a perfect movie? No, far from it. Is it a fun movie? Absolutely. I had more fun watching "Beyond the Mask" than I did watching any of the recent, big-box office, action movies that have come out. I highly recommend this movie to Christan families who sometimes get tired of the normal, low budget films that are typically made.Please keep in mind this is a Christian FILM. Which means that it's message is Christ-Based. I don't understand why people who right negative reviews of this film based on its Christian message. Again, it's a Christian film. If you didn't want to watch a movie that have a Faith-Based message in it, why would you watch it? As a Christian, I love this move and recommend it for fellow believers. I do not recommend it for people who watch Christian Movies, and complain about it being "Preachy"

Beyond the Mask is a cross between a bad Mills and Boon novella and an action adventure with churchy overtones. The storyline behind this drama is predictable fare. Its been done to death and exhumed for this turgid tale of adventure, love and redemption. Redemption in this case has a decidedly religious quality to it that is both simplistic and patronizing. Think of those well scrubbed types who turn up on your doorstep from time to time hawking their narrow view of the universe and you are there. The acting is hackneyed too but not entirely awful. I'm at a loss to see why John Rhys-Davies, an exceptional actor in most respects, signed up for this decidedly "B" grade fare. In summary,Beyond the Mask is not dreadful but its hardly a quality production either. Its amateurish, preachy and more than a little corny. All in all I'd say this is a marginal watch at best. Four out of ten from me.