Prayer to a Vengeful God (2010): The story of a man caught in a whirlpool of grief and rage over the murder of his wife, Prayer to a Vengeful God is contemporary revenge drama, presented in an austere visual style, completely without dialogue. (6.1)
Director: Dan Eberle
Writer: Dan Eberle
Stars: Dan Eberle, Paul James Vasquez and Jennifer Farrugia
The lack of a dialogue is a gimmick; you can see the characters are talking and it is just that the story is too simplistic so we can see where it is going w/o hearing the conversation. And, the title is misleading; there is no vengeful god. Only the main character is on a misdirected vengeance trip towards a group of drug dealers when they are just suppliers. Seriously ... if the wife doesn't have serious lapses in judgement, multiple times, then I can empathize with the revenge idea, but this story is without any form or purpose or anything, really. Mindless violence plus a couple of gimmicks does not make a good movie. A movie is a medium for telling a story. When that story falls flat pretty quick, it doesn't matter if the acting is great; it is just not good storytelling. My Rating: 5.5
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