This film begins with firefighter Mark Taylor (Chris Nelson) rescuing everyone from a crackhouse fire, except for one small boy. Ever since, his PTSD has manifested itself as horrific dreams. He refuses to take his meds, retires and struggles with only his wife, Mary Jo (Karen Boles), able to help. 

Every night, he dreams that a demon is trying to drag him to Hell. His wife prays for help and receives it when God talks to her husband, telling him that Donald Trump will be the President. Unfortunately for Mark, Barack Obama got the office instead. 

A decade into his PTSD journey, Mark meets a new doctor, Don Colbert (Don Brooks). He feels well enough to share his dreams with him and ends up speaking with his wife, Mary (Paulette Todd). From here on out, it’s Mary’s movie, as she gets her phone tree activated and works to pray Trump into the White House using a shofar, an ancient horn, to pray into. 

Trump wins, and that’s when the movie turns into “a panel of world leaders, those being notable conservatives and evangelicals, answering political questions.” Those would include Michele Bachmann, David Barton, Lance Wallnau and William G. Boykin. There are also several music videos inside the narrative.

A true story, this is based on Taylor’s book The Trump Prophecies: The Astonishing True Story of the Man Who Saw Tomorrow… and What He Says Is Coming Next. If you’ve ever wondered why Israel is such a big deal, well, the prophecy said that Trump would unite the U.S. and the country. 

Producer Rick Eldridge pitched the idea of a film adaptation of Taylor’s book to Stephan Schultze, who was the executive director of Liberty University’s Cinematic Arts group. The program had previously been involved in the making of five feature films, as it attempted to incorporate one full-length movie every year into its curriculum.”

Prophecy has always been a big thing, but now, it has a name, a Pentecostal evangelical movement called the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). C. Peter Wagner, who coined the term, called it “the most radical change in the way of doing church since the Protestant Reformation.” On the other side, the Southern Poverty Law Center said that NAR is “the greatest threat to American democracy that most people have never heard of.” NAR follows dominion theology, which believes that in order for Jesus to return, the world must turn Christian. Trump’s moving of the Israeli embassy is another step towards fulfilling the dominion theology.

Director Stephan Schultze did special effects on Tremors and craft services on The Abyss before directing movies like this and God’s Compass. 

My favorite part of this movie is the montage of numerous Christians reacting to the news that God wants them to pray for Trump, as well as the prayer chain scene on an airplane where a man laughs throughout, and everyone makes fun of religion, but we just know Trump is going to win. This doesn’t get into what he did in office, how he lost the next election, January 6, or anything after that. But you don’t need to think too hard. You just need to give in, give up and get God. 

There is little difference between low-budget horror and this movie. They both have absurd plots, flat lighting and 20 minutes thanks to the credits.

You can watch this on Tubi.