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."

First, I'm not a Mormon. I'm not from Africa.

I watched this film the other night and while it's not great, it's also not as terrible as some of the bigots on here claim. Yes, this is a religious film, which is why some people hate it.

But the film shows the struggles of people during a time of civil war and uncertainty. The acting isn't bad--it's not great, but it isn't bad. I felt the tension was well done, and the story is one that any human being can identify with.

Freetown is especially relevant today as many parts of Africa are in conflict. Everyone's worried about what ISIS is going to do, but they don't realize that Boko Haram has been wiping out Christians and Muslims alike and there's hardly a peep in Western media.