Director: Gary Wheeler
Writer: Gary Wheeler, Robert Whitlow
A lawyer-turned-preacher living in a small Appalachian town is pursued by an eccentric man to represent him in court. Now involved in a case that ties into his own small-town life, the former attorney agrees to help a man.
102 min
Rating: 7.1/10
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Barry Corbin
Sam Miller
Coby Ryan McLaughlin
Mike Andrews
Valerie Azlynn
Peg Andrews
Lin Shaye
Muriel Miller
Danny Vinson
Braxton Hodges
Burgess Jenkins
Bobby Lambert
Movie Info
Director: Gary Wheeler
Writer: Gary Wheeler, Robert Whitlow
Production Companies: Level Path Productions
Countries: United States of America
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Wuchak:
**_The LORD wants you to do pastoral work, not be a lawyer! (Or maybe not)_**
A pastor living near the mountains in western North Carolina (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) is approached by the wife of a man in jail for serious embezzlement. The couple (Barry Corbin & Lin Shaye) insists that God wants him, a former lawyer, to be the defense attorney. But why take time away from his pastoral ministry to defend a criminal? Unless, the man’s not a thug at all.
"Mountain Top” (2017) is a crime drama written & directed by a coproducer of “War Room” (2015). While not as powerful as that film, it’s at least on the level of "God's Not Dead" (2014) and "Do You Believe?" (2015), just not as evangelistic and with a scenic mountain town milieu.
It’s refreshing to watch a crime drama with overt verbiage concerning God and faith, yet it’s thankfully done in such a natural fashion it comes across low-key and not overdone.
Valerie Azlynn is on hand as the pastor’s wife. She looks like a tall version of Valerie Bertinelli when she was young.
The film runs 1 hour, 42 minutes, and was shot in Huntersville & Charlotte, North Carolina.
GRADE: B