This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The Masked Saint (2016): Dir: Warren P. Sonoda / Cast: Brett Granstaff, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Patrick McKenna, Diahann Carroll, Roddy Piper: Better than average faith based film that takes Christianity and faith and crosses them with physical trials. Brett Granstaff plays a wrestler called The Saint, who dresses in white and wears a mask. After an injury he decides to pastor a church in a dangerous neighbourhood. While the church is in dire need of repairs, he finds his preaching less than effective. He soon becomes a local hero when donning the mask renders him fighting crimes in the street. This is much more ambitious than most of its kind with a decent setup and detailed structure. The ending is predictable with that preachy delivery that will turn off anyone outside of Christianity. Acting is also terribly over the top although Brett Granstaff as Chris Samuels does his best as the struggling preacher who learns that his strength might be fighting demons in the ring. Lara Jean Chorostecki plays his wife Michelle who discovers that she is pregnant with their second child. They already have a young daughter. Patrick McKenna has the unfortunate role of Judd Lumpkin, a bully type whose money finances the church. Just as bad is Diahann Carroll as Ms. Edna in a role that echos the War Room lady. Unfortunately "Rowdy" Roddy Piper passed away after completing this film. He plays a cynical promoter who decides to take the belt off the Saint and give it to the Reaper, a towering monster heel wrestler. While average in production Christians will grasp its message of being fighters and saints in the ring of life. Score: 6 / 10

This film is an excellent blend of suspense, satire and humor. It captures the attention of the audience in the first five minutes...so don't come late to see this movie. The acting was convincing, although one would expect that there will be no Oscar nominations for any movie that espouses Christian virtues. Too often critics will intellectualize their review of movies, such as this one, hoping to discredit some aspect, such as the plot, the acting talent, or the directing; however, keep in mind that those critics oftentimes applaud violence and disrespect for decency, and viciously attack those moors of American society that have made America the great nation it is today. The Masked Saint teaches through this true biography that although there are villains in the world, "good" oftentimes does prevail when one has faith. Maintain an open mind when watching The Masked Saint and you will want to stand and applaud like I did at the refreshing ending.

The synopsis on Fandango (and, frankly speaking, most other sites) said that this was a story about a WWF fighter turned preacher who moved to a troubled small town to take over a failing baptist church. It also described that the preacher becomes a vigilante at night to help clean up the town, and that this was based on a true story. This sounded really interesting as described!The reality is that it was a 2 hour sermon on biblical lessons (do unto others, good Samaritan, etc etc etc). The in your face Christian homily (it wasn't even cleverly disguised) was boring and (spoiler alert) the "vigilantism" that occurred was accidental rather than what was implied (meaning the expectation was that this preacher would dress up in his WWF gear and go out looking to stop the bad guys). In reality the masked saint only accidentally happened upon two occurrences throughout the two hour film where he "stopped the bad guys". He was not looking to stop bad things from happening at all, he just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time on the two occurrences and helped solve a problem. If you are expecting vigilantism on the scale of something like season 1 of CW's the Arrow, you will be sorely disappointed.The characters were so dull and obvious, I doubt even a 6 year old could appreciate them. I am sure Christians would recommend this movie to others, if only so that they can sit around in a bible study class to discuss the underlying biblical passages related to various scenes in the film (and if that is what you are in to, then this movie might be right for you). The only thing in the story that was true was that the WWF character did indeed move to a small town to help a failing church. In reality, no vigilantism existed (which again, was misleading).Other than the interest group described above, do not waste your money by seeing this film, as it will give incentive to Hollywood to continue to manufacture such garbage. I feel duped.

This is a great movie for anyone!It has a very interesting story that's full of positive life messages on topics of bullying, domestic violence, faith and acceptance.Nice to see a good wholesome movie without curse words left and right.This is Brett Granstaff's 1st lead role in a movie that he co-wrote and worked hard training to do his own stunts-which is quite amazing in itself.It was entertaining, has great acting, I cried, I laughed and I loved the wrestling too!It was quite intense as if I were in the ring with The Saint!This is a movie you should get out to see!