In 1989 Black Mormons try to leave Liberia, engaged in a civil war. John Gaye (Phillip Adekunle Michael) is of the Krahn tribe being exterminated by the rebels. In a gut retching moment, he scratches out his name on his "Elder Gaye" name tag. The film was rather boring apart from the fact I have seen my first Black Mormon either in real life or on the screen. The civil war provided a background as a group of 6 crammed into a clown car drive through checkpoints preaching the word of God all while wearing white shirts and ties; white shirts that never wrinkle, have sweat stains, or get grass stains, even when you sleep on the grass. Do you have to be Mormon to get one of those? And do they come in different colors?

Inspiring, perhaps. But it was not a great action film and is on par with a made for TV "Lifetime" production.

Note to self: When attempting to sneak around at night, don't wear a white shirt.

I'd read about "Freetown" somewhere, not sure if it was IMDb, but it was supposed to be a gut-wrenching, heartfelt, inspiring survival film about people fleeing rebels in war-torn Liberia. I was fooled.

This movie was nothing more than a 90 minute commercial for the Church of Jesus Christ the Latter Day Saints, typically known as the Mormons. As it turned out, the "heroes" were nothing more than ball=less wonders who were only after saving their own skins than helping out their fellow man. Typical religious crap.

This movie wasn't worth the celluloid it was printed on. An absolute miss. If you want to see a good movie about life in conflicted Africa, check out "Touki Bouki" or "War Witch."

The story of these brave missionaries is quite inspiring. To be hunted in your own land is something most will fortunately never have to face. You cannot watch this film without feeling your heart break for the tremendous difficulties the people of Liberia had to face during their civil war. Sadly, such hatred, violence, and oppression is still is found in many places around the globe.

As I watched this film I kept thinking how grateful I should be for living in a country free from civil war and oppression. We in America should realize how incredibly blessed we are and how much we have to be thankful for that we can go where we want, when we want, without our very lives being threatened.