Godspeed

– Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Godspeed (2009)

Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind) star in this intense thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard, a modern day faith healer with a small flock of believers, is stunned when his family is brutally murdered. Six months later a young, mysterious girl (Courtney Halverson) appears and becomes the link to his family's killing and the murderers themselves, ultimately leading to violent consequences for all.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

13 Jun 2009

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Robert Saitzyk

Writer:

Cory Knauf (story), Joseph McKelheer (story), Cory Knauf (screenplay), Robert Saitzyk (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Joseph McKelheer, Cory Knauf, Courtney Halverson, Ed Lauter

Plot:

"Godspeed" is an intense, dramatic thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power to heal is very real indeed. Living a hand-to-mouth, blue collar existence with his wife Rebecca and young son, Charlie ekes out a meager living from his "healing" sessions. With his marriage failing, and an old drinking habit coming back to haunt him, his family is brutally murdered by unknown assailants for seemingly no reason whatsoever. Six months later, Charlie has abandoned his former life and the house his family lived in, moving through the days' slow existence more like a ghost than a man. But then a young, mysterious girl named Sarah appears in town, and seeks out Charlie. She will become the link to his family's killings and to the murderers themselves, ultimately leading to tragic, violent consequences for all. "Godspeed" is a film that explores faith, grief, and the dark, violent nature that may very well exist in all of us -- where man is still truly lost and at the mercy of the Last Frontier of the great Alaskan landscape.

Awards:

1 win.

Production:

Film Harvest

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
Metacritic:
42%