Saint Francis (2009)

- written April 2009

Summary: 27 years ago, Francis is six years old and he watches in horror as his mother commits suicide. We fast forward 27 years to see what the family has become. The patriarch of the family is Dr. P. Bernard, leader of The Church Of Forever, a cult that uses late night television evangelism to spread a gospel of science fiction. Soul Bernard, Francis' sister, is a Madame, brokering girls to important church members as well as her father and brother. Finally Sid, Francis' baby brother, has taken over the drug business that Francis left behind only to find himself deeply in debt to a shadowy underworld. Soul and Sid have gotten in over their heads and now owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to drug king pin Sniper. After doing a huge amount of drugs in a bathroom stall, Francis begins to hallucinate; he sees mangled images of whore girls drilling into people's brains. His visions are a mix of Church Of Forever propaganda and the twisted reality of Francis' own life. Francis begins to believe that he can see Satan coming up to Earth in the form of beautiful alien angels who are punishing the sinners and banishing them to hell. After Francis' sister commits a terrible crime out of fear and greed, Francis becomes convinced that the devil is coming after her. He believes that the only way to save his sister is to make a deal with the devil trading his soul for hers so that his sister can be saved from Hell and damnation. Are Francis' visions real or imagined? Francis must complete his twisted journey to find out if he has actually killed what he loves or if it has all been a terrible dream spun on the operating table.           Overall: Ok, well just so you know, I copied the summary from the IMDb because frankly I just had no clue what was going on. It’s just a mess of images, blurbs, and nonsense that the story made so little sense while watching, that summary above finally clued me in to what was happening! I will say the film looked really good with the weird effects and camera tones, etc. Great job with the making of the film but the actual showing of a story, left a lot to be desired.           What made the film more hard to fathom was the fact there was a least 4 porn stars plus the highly billed Dita Von Tease and yet frankly, their film fails in showing much nudity or even eroticism. It was missing a lot and the mess that was the story just made the film hard to watch. But let me give credit to the filmmakers and the editors for the visual imagery. That was very interesting and definitely makes those individuals people I’d like to watch again.           Comparison: They Live meets Leaving Las Vegas

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