History Corner: Unbroken: Path to Redemption- Movie Review and Fandango Tickets Giveaway

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As I told you on Monday, this new movie comes out TOMORROW!

Today I have my review of it and a special giveaway!

This new film picks up after the amazing Unbroken!!

After surviving a plane crash, weeks of floating on a makeshift raft in the Pacific, and then years of torture as a prisoner of war, Louis Zamperini finally returns home to California, seemingly unbroken.

 When the war ended, his battle began. 

 Based on Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book, UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION begins where the hit movie Unbroken concludes, continuing the unbelievable true story of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini. Haunted by nightmares of his torment, Louie sees himself as anything but a hero. Despite battling demons, anger, and alcohol, Louie feels obligated to participate in an Army tour to raise money for War Bonds. 

 But as he focuses more on hotel bars than his public appearances, Louie is ordered to take R&R on the beaches of Miami. There, he meets Cynthia, a young woman who captures his eye—and his heart. After a whirlwind courtship, the couple weds and moves to Los Angeles.

While pursuing every avenue of hope he can find—from trying to reestablish himself as a world-class runner to get-rich-quick investment opportunities—Louie’s wrathful quest for revenge drives him deeper into despair ... and the bottle. 

 Hopeless and on the brink of divorce, Cynthia experiences Billy Graham’s 1949 Los Angeles Crusade where she finds faith in God and a renewed commitment to her marriage and her husband. Now, her most fervent prayer is for God to help Louie find the peace and forgiveness he so desperately needs. 

 From the producer of Unbroken and the writer of A River Runs Through It,UNBROKEN: PATH TO REDEMPTION stars Samuel Hunt (Louis), Merritt Patterson (Cynthia), David Sakurai (Watanabe, ͞The Bird͟), and Will Graham as his grandfather, Billy Graham. 

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Review: 

Unbroken, the original movie, left a lot to know about, as we all now know. There is so much more that happens AFTER a war, as soldiers come home and have to struggle with PTSD and family who may not understand. Many DO loose their way and question their faith, as this movie shows, with Louis. PTSD wasn't understood after WWII, and the movie gives the audience an honest look at how hard it was for the men (and women), and how most chose to cope. This movie shows how much Louis stood to loose, if he didn't make a change in his life. Coming so soon after Rev. Billy Graham's death, this movie is almost an homage to him, and the power he had to help get hearts to LISTEN and come back to God! It was interesting to see how in post-war LA, Graham was such a hit. When you live in the South, you expect it, but then you think Cali? NAH! But he was- he was  a way for many to go back to their roots and find God and do great things with their lives, like Zamperini, and his family. This movie might just get your kids, especially teens, to really think about what forgiveness and redemption, truly mean! We highly recommend it for all families!

Giveaway:

2 Fandango movie tickets,
for one lucky reader to see this movie!

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