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RomanceDramaWestern

Redeeming Love

- Never look back. Never look forward.

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

Release Date : 2022-01-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mission Pictures InternationalAdvantage EntertainmentPinnacle Peak PicturesNthibah Pictures

Production Country : South AfricaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Abigail Cowen

Character Name : Angel

Original Name : Abigail Cowen

Gender : Female

Tom Lewis

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Tom Lewis

Gender : Male

Eric Dane

Character Name : Duke

Original Name : Eric Dane

Gender : Male

Famke Janssen

Character Name : Duchess

Original Name : Famke Janssen

Gender : Female

Logan Marshall-Green

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Logan Marshall-Green

Gender : Male

Nina Dobrev

Character Name : Mae

Original Name : Nina Dobrev

Gender : Female

Livi Birch

Character Name : Sarah Stafford

Original Name : Livi Birch

Gender : Female

Jamie Lee O'Donnell

Character Name : Lucky

Original Name : Jamie Lee O'Donnell

Gender : Female

Willie Watson

Character Name : John Altman

Original Name : Willie Watson

Gender : Male

Josh Taylor

Character Name : Alex Stafford

Original Name : Josh Taylor

Gender : Male

Wu Ke-Xi

Character Name : Mai Ling

Original Name : 吳可熙

Gender : Female

Brandon Auret

Character Name : Magowan

Original Name : Brandon Auret

Gender : Male

Clyde Berning

Character Name : Rab

Original Name : Clyde Berning

Gender : Male

Tanya van Graan

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Tanya van Graan

Gender : Female

Milton Schorr

Character Name : Colin

Original Name : Milton Schorr

Gender : Male

Martial Batchamen Tchana

Character Name : Guardian

Original Name : Martial Batchamen Tchana

Gender : Male

Arsema Thomas

Character Name : Rebecca

Original Name : Arsema Thomas

Gender : Female

Lauren McGregor

Character Name : Elizabeth Altman

Original Name : Lauren McGregor

Gender : Female

Daniah De Villiers

Character Name : Miriam Altman

Original Name : Daniah De Villiers

Gender : Female

Tayah Ronen Abels

Character Name : Ruthie Altman

Original Name : Tayah Ronen Abels

Gender : Male

Mera Munro

Character Name : Newborn Baby Altman

Original Name : Mera Munro

Gender : Male

Morgan Poynter

Character Name : Infant Baby Altman

Original Name : Morgan Poynter

Gender : Male

Talia Auret

Character Name : Rosie

Original Name : Talia Auret

Gender : Male

Jasmine Maylam

Character Name : Nashi

Original Name : Jasmine Maylam

Gender : Female

Nancy Sekhokoane

Character Name : Cleo

Original Name : Nancy Sekhokoane

Gender : Female

Paul Snodgrass

Character Name : Murphy

Original Name : Paul Snodgrass

Gender : Male

Amy Louise Wilson

Character Name : Susannah Axelrod

Original Name : Amy Louise Wilson

Gender : Female

Brett Williams

Character Name : Jonathan Axelrod

Original Name : Brett Williams

Gender : Male

Nicholas Pauling

Character Name : Virgil Harper

Original Name : Nicholas Pauling

Gender : Male

Conrad Kemp

Character Name : Joseph Hochschild

Original Name : Conrad Kemp

Gender : Male

Andrew Dennison

Character Name : Captain Sorenson

Original Name : Andrew Dennison

Gender : Male

Terri Lane

Character Name : Minnie Rosse

Original Name : Terri Lane

Gender : Female

Francesca Varrie Michel

Character Name : Alice Boothe

Original Name : Francesca Varrie Michel

Gender : Male

Daniel Kühne

Character Name : Angry John

Original Name : Daniel Kühne

Gender : Male

Rubin Wissing

Character Name : Young John

Original Name : Rubin Wissing

Gender : Male

Skye Russell

Character Name : Torie

Original Name : Skye Russell

Gender : Female

Anja Taljaard

Character Name : Renee

Original Name : Anja Taljaard

Gender : Female

Glen Nel

Character Name : Undertaker

Original Name : Glen Nel

Gender : Male

Sean Coltman

Character Name : Dr. Smith

Original Name : Sean Coltman

Gender : Male

Robert Coutts

Character Name : Grimy Man

Original Name : Robert Coutts

Gender : Male

Stephen Jennings

Character Name : Charles Connley

Original Name : Stephen Jennings

Gender : Male

Kayla Van Tonder

Character Name : Young Missionary Woman

Original Name : Kayla Van Tonder

Gender : Male

Andrew Roux

Character Name : Man in Line

Original Name : Andrew Roux

Gender : Male

Hanroux Van Niekerk

Character Name : Stephen Hosea

Original Name : Hanroux Van Niekerk

Gender : Male

Gita Galina

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Gita Galina

Gender : Male

Clellind Fivaz

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Clellind Fivaz

Gender : Male

Nadine Theron

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Nadine Theron

Gender : Male

Simone Inez Welgemoed

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Simone Inez Welgemoed

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-03

Redeeming Love looks great. It features great locations shot with great cinematography, but that’s about all director D.J. Caruso can do to entice us to keep watching. It’s terrific to see a story unfolding in a non-CGI, true-to-life setting, even if it’s Cape Town standing in for California (but then some of the greatest westerns were filmed in Europe, so there’s that), but while this movie arguably achieves the western look, it fails to conjure up any sort of western feel. The script concerns a Hooker with a Heart of Gold known as Angel, who is so sought after that the local Madame, who calls herself Duchess, holds a daily raffle to determine which lucky slack-jawed gold miners – there is more than one winner per day – get to hold sexual congress with her. This is such a cumbersome arrangement that it actually gets in the way of the plot, so that co-writers Francine Rivers and Caruso Hand Wave it not long after they have introduced it. So-called “dirt farmer” Michael Hosea becomes smitten with Angel, so what does he do to get near her? Does he buy all the numbers in the raffle? Does he have the raffle rigged? No and no; he simply “pays double”. That’s it. Why this hasn’t occurred to at least some of the yokels who form a daily scrum outside the brothel is anybody’s guess. Another good question is where Michael, who is not a miner, finds enough “gold dust” to gain access to Angel on three different occasions. Angel wants nothing to do with Michael owing to a deep-seated hatred and distrust of men, which is established in a series of flashbacks that are so many and so long they could make up an entire, separate movie all by themselves. They are also the reason that Redeeming Love unnecessarily breaks the 120-minute mark. But the oddest part about these flashbacks is that they show Angel escaping a life of compulsory whoredom only to enter a life of voluntary whoredom. Twice. Maybe even thrice, but that last time is once again against her will. In any case, it gets to be quite repetitive after a while. It is only after Angel gets the tar beaten out of her by the Duchess’s lackey Magowan that she relents and agrees to marry Michael – but first he has to pay off her “debt” to the Duchess, and the irony that he literally buys Angel off in order to make an honest woman out of her is lost on Michael and Caruso alike. Redeeming Love’s greatest achievement, other than its photography, is how well it masks its biblical pedigree. According to Wikipedia this is a “Christian Western” based on an homonymous novel by Rivers (unread by me, though it wouldn’t surprise if she had first published it under the pseudonym F.R. Ancine), which in turn is inspired by an obscure Old Testament book – not that you would even guess at any of this by watching the movie, and that’s actually a good thing. It may be long and boring, but at least it’s not overtly preachy.