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Melanie & Melvin summarize Beckman, that weird Christian-marketed movie produced by David A.R. White where he plays a John Wick/Taken-esque assassin. The catch? He's a recent Christian convert. Does that stop him from killing dozens of people? Tune in to find out!
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- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)27-minutes discussing the content of Christian movies, interpreting what they're communicating, their advertising, and so much more. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Beckman feels like a YouTube movie made by YouTubers back in, like, 2011. You could almost see Freddie Wong making something like it with Corridor Digital, except probably more fun.
- Melvin never watched Beckman even though he's owned it since mid-2020. Then, he watched it twice in a row for... reasons.
- David A.R. White routinely plays pastors in the movies he produces. Melvin finds this to be an odd reoccurrence.
- Gabriel Sabloff shared in the commentary track that he does a hard cut to action in the middle of the first act because he felt audiences would lose interest in the setup. Melvin comments that this is a recurrent problem in which certain director's lack trust in their audience to patiently engage a movie.
- Beckman keeps calling Tabitha his daughter. One big problem: she's not his daughter. They're not even blood related.
- Beckman is too self-serious as a movie to be particularly enjoyable, especially when compared to something like John Wick where the whole franchise is simultaneously "serious" but very aware of its exciting-thrill-ride nature.
- Exploring the wisdom behind applyied violence.
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