Bells of Innocence

Plot synopsis:
Jux Jonas (Mike Norris) is a man whose faith in God hangs by a thread. His daughter was hit and killed by a car, and he's spent the last few years "tearing through life", not wanting to face the pain and return to his faith. Reluctantly, he journeys with friends Conrad (David A.R. White) and Oren (Carey Scott) aboard a plane to Mexico, to hand out Bibles as a form of ministry. However, their small aircraft soon crashes, and the trio find themselves in the secluded wasteland of Ceres, a town where the citizens are pale, eerie, and visitors are seen as unwanted outsiders.
It's not long before Jux and his pals start to discover something is very weird in this place. No communication to the outside world seems to exist, until local rancher Matthew (Chuck Norris) offers them the use of his two-way radio. The town at large despises Matthew, and what he stands for. It's soon revealed that the town elder, Joshua (Marshall R. Teague) is in fact an agent of Satan who has controlled the children of Ceres for centuries, to bring about an unholy war. Matthew has been sent by God to observe, protect, and lead broken believers (like Jux) back to their faith in Jesus Christ. As the forces of evil prepare for a spiritual Armageddon, using the town's children as terrifying hosts, even Matthew can not interfere alone, and Jux, Conrad and Oren must choose which side they will stand with...for all eternity.

Tags: good versus evil, suspenseful, violence

Review:
One of the worst movies I've seen in my entire life.
OK, I'm 26 so I've been thru all the action heroes 80's hype, and Chuck Norris along with Seagal, Van Damme and the rest of the guys were my childhood heroes, fighting the bad guys, shooting dozens of bullets from one round only;) I saw the advert of this movie on TV a couple of days ago - Chuck Norris was throwing some fireballs from his fingers.
It is very difficult to see all the movie - stuffed with some religious thoughts, ridiculous zombie-like monsters, who serve Satan, all the idea of a plot set in some forgotten community, which represent whole mankind - it is a load of Christian fundamentalist's wet dreams.I've nothing against Christianity, even in the movies, but this one lacks taste, it lacks almost everything that connects with a common sense, c'mon, Chuck Norris playing an ANGEL, whose job is to look after little town, where Satan lives?!?!
The whole plot is so damn straight and boring, not mentioning its silliness (yes, it's not stupidity anymore, we're talking silliness like...
like a retarded child's joke) make altogether terrible movie, made as far as I suppose for elder people very much devoted to Catholic Church, because young viewers laugh at almost every scene.
Technically it's incorrect, the fx are worse than the ones you've seen in early 90's in TV series, the plot seems VERY stupid, actors could be easily exchanged to cardboard stands, not mentioning the music which as far as I've heard was played on a childish toy piano.
I've seen a lot of movies, even the worst ones (the ones from the IMDb bottom list) like 'Space Mutiny' or 'Manos - hands of fate' BUT believe me nothing compares to this ridiculous, terrible, horribly acted quasi-movie which brings some students' prank movies to my mind rather than regular production.
Chuck Norris has officially finished his movie career..
This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen.
While the movie is unfolding the story stops and the actors start preaching to the audience.
Wow, please NEVER watch this movie..
I gave this movie a rating of 1 because it is by far, the worst movie I've ever seen in my life.
I pray that Chuck Norris never makes a movie again.
Now If you think I'm downing this movie because it has a Christian theme, you're wrong.
I like the fact that IL' Chuck decided to make a movie that at least attempted to make God look good, but why would he make poor viewers like me suffer through such a crappy movie?
This is quite possible the worst movie ever made.
I know people talk about how horrible Ed Wood movies were (Plan 9) but this movie makes Plan 9 look amazing.Chuck Norris makes a cameo, for what reason I have no idea.
Aside from Chuck Norris, the movie's cast consists of extras in daytime soaps and Mike Norris...
that's right, Chuck's son.This director doesn't even have a resume and I have no idea where the plot or screenplay originated.
This must've been green lit by a horrible Southern Baptist minister that somehow had a 3rd cousin that owned a studio (which I'm sure has since been shut down).I don't really know what else to say about this movie.
I don't know what was going on most of the time but I know the movie was a great laugh.
Mike Norris pushes his daughter (on her bike) into the street somehow...
after that the movie gets really confusing and I have no idea what really happens.
I am a Christian and I have no idea why this movie was made.
Boring, rank nefarious plot, some of the worst direction I've ever come across, inane acting and horribly clichéd.
The movie ends with one of the main characters waking from a dream.
This is another one of those fundamentalist Christian movies that hit you over the head with religion like a sledgehammer.
I recently had the idea to make a short film featuring a man who is hit by a car and wakes up thinking that he himself is Chuck Norris.
I have watched more Chuck Norris movies in the last four months than any one person should.
I am proud to say that Bells of Innocence ranks pretty close to the top of the all time worst list.
The biggest reason why I chose to purchase this film was that it not only had Chuck in it, but his son Mike.
I came to the conclusion a long while ago; the Chuck Norris is one of the worst actors in cinematic history for one simple reason.
The only character he ever plays is himself, Chuck Norris.
No matter what movie, no matter what situation, he is always Chuck Norris.
In the scene where he is talking to the little girl about his dead daughter, he seems to be extremely happy!
His actions confused me throughout the film, making it very hard for me to focus on what little plot there was.
The other two lead actors were just as painful to watch as the son of Norris.
The guy, who constantly wants to eat or tell a stupid peacock joke, was simply one of the most annoying characters that has ever graced the Direct-to-Video screen.
The only thing I remember him being in other than this movie, was an episode of Walker Texas Ranger, in which he plays an equally annoying character.
Maybe Chuck owes this guy something.
All in all, the movie is possibly one of the biggest failures of all time, on more levels than Chuck Norris can kick people's asses.
Despite being one of the worst actors of all time, I still can't get enough of Chuck.
OK, Chuck Norris has shown up in many an entertaining movie over the years.
The "acting" of the main characters is so wood like, Pinocchio would have done a better job!
A very good movie with a good message for people intelligent enough to understand it.
It appears as though some people have a major problem with anything dealing with Christianity.
As for me, I have been to Mexico on 7 different occasions, each time bringing with me Bibles.
This movie focuses not on anything more than Good vs.
It does not come across as a fundamentalist Christian movie trying to cram beliefs down your throat.
Overall, a pretty good movie..
I always liked chuck norris movies because of the "kick butt" action scenes.
This movie through me as to the plot and content.
As many movies as i've seen in my 50 years on this planet(sometime i'll tell ya about the other ones!)bells of innocence is a well produced flick!
In the tradition of chuck norris, I'm glad to see him doing New Stuff!
I'm not saying this movie is as good as "The order", "Left Behind", Etc...
But, it sure was interesting seeing chuck attempt this type of movie.
good movie.
i thought this movie was good,i like any thing with chuck in,it was a different role for him, but he carried off the role very well.not much violence,which was good to see.
a little bit of religion does not hurt any body and having faith in god and faith in people is nothing to be ashamed about.
was nice to see chuck's son and granddaughter in this movie, nice to see family members involved in this movie, they should all be pleased with the end result, a movie for all the family to watch.
i purchased this movie on DVD, and have watched it a number of times,my twin daughters aged 13 really enjoyed watching it.
Something different from Chuck Norris..
"Bells of Innocence" is a good Christian film, in that it includes a hero who attempts suicide on screen, an angel who is a total asshole, and a little girl who murders people.
So in other words, it's not really a Christian film at all, and so none of the confusing plot twists make any damn sense because you can't just say Jesus did it."The Bells of Innocence" is the story of what happens to three close friends, while on a missionary flight to deliver Bibles to a town in Mexico.
A very unusual Chuck Norris film that's kind of entertaining, but it's not one of his best.
Chuck Norris doesn't bust out any karate moves on anyone either.
It's like a religious horror western film with some action.
This movie combines danger with Faith, you gotta trust in God to get through the danger.Overall it is kind of interesting, However, there are no Chuck Norris action scenes in this movie, so don't watch it if you want to see Chuck Norris bust out karate moves only..
Wow. my friends and I are always on the lookout for chuck norris films to just bash and make fun of.
i had high hopes for this movie and although being absolutely hilarious at times, we agreed that bells of innocence is the worst movie we've ever seen, made, produced, thought up, etc...
not only is it confusing at times, but the acting is just hard to watch.
the man who plays oren has acting i can compare to my own vomit, and chuck took a dive on this one, he's not the greatest actor, but this was terrible.
if you honestly thought this movie was at all watchable, great for you because it was hard for me and i seriously had a headache and stomach pains after watching it.
I'm telling you now if you haven't seen this movie, DON'T!!.
(Chances are, I'm gonna spoil Valuable Plot Points while writing this and because I can't determine and don't really care what YOU think is a Valuable Plot Point, then if you are thinking of watching this film and have an issue with learning such things, then I suggest you hop right on to the next review.) You know, I don't mind the cult films being filed under the "cult" section.
I mean, is it too much to ask that the overtly pseudo-Christian propaganda films be filed with the other Special Interest movies?
You know who the good guys are.
Great Movie.
I got it because I'm a big Chuck Norris film and I also enjoy his son's movies.
I know that Chuck is not the greatest actor in the world but I believe his son Mike is a great talent in this area.
More movies like this should be made and less with all of the sex and profanity in it.
Chuck's granddaughter was also in the movie and did an outstanding job for her first acting job.
A real mission from God. For those of you expecting Chuck Norris to do some fancy karate moves on Satan's minions in Bells Of Innocence you will be disappointed.
Chuck is getting a bit old for that and he's playing a senior citizen in Bells Of Innocence.
Son Mike Norris who is the real star of this film does take care of a couple of them while he and his friends are fleeing for a few seconds.The younger Norris is a Christian who's fallen away from the faith with the death of his young daughter and friends David A.R. White and Carey Scott try to bring him back to the church by taking him on a mission trip.
The coming of these three strangers has been foretold in their lore.Chuck Norris plays a rancher who has the only communication with the outside world, a short wave radio.
Chuck has some other help available though in the crunch.Bells Of Innocence seems to be a modified rip off of the Stephen King classic The Stand.
Certainly, there's a good reason that this movie didn't get nominated for an award.
However, the movie has strong points such as: 1) Chuck Norris-As Matthew he's cool as ice, proving you don't have to hit someone to be intimidating-particularly if you're Chuck Norris.2) The film while suffering from some predictability kept me watching by making me wonder, "What exactly is going on?" Yes, the Devil's working in the town, but what the heck is he doing?
The people of the town, the leader, and the peacock joke all made this like a Mexican border version of Fargo if you think about it long enough.So is it the greatest movie of all time?
I'd suggest that people who say that need to expose themselves to "The Beast of Yucca Flats." "Bells of Innocence" is a B-movie with a positive message.
This is the type of movie I enjoy.
Christian based movie that show the truth in our everyday walk.
A movie that shows how Satan can take control of your life if you allow it to happen.
Mike Norris did a awesome job of a father who lost his daughter .
I also enjoy seeing Mr. Chuck Norris having his granddaughter in the movie.
I have heard that Mr. Mike Norris would like to do more Christian based movie.
When you watch the making of with this DVD - they tell you what is attempted here- they are retelling the bible story of good versus evil & trying to preach it to a main stream movie audience.
There are way too many sheep depicted in this movie.
People are too empowered for this type of preaching today.As far as the acting, directing, & technical functions, they are done OK.
I liked the movie.
It deals with three men trying to get bibles into Mexico.I found the movie to be exciting and relevant for today.The Catholic Bible is different with 5 extra Books in the OT that are used as books of history rather than cannon.
I would rather watch a good, clean, moral story free from murder violence and cussing any day.
Chuck Norris: BRAVO!
I am a Chuck Norris fan without peer (heck, have to brag a bit), and I just love the guy's cool manner.
Well, in this movie, he has a cool collectedness, and is a real magnet to that part of us that wants better in life.
His real-life son joins him in a key role, and the entire movie is great because these two supercool actors pull us mesmerized through a little bit of everything that's delicious in a movie: a plane crash, a western desert town...
My estimation of Mr. Norris has shot sky-high: it takes a big man to make a movie like this, and doubly so, to do one with other members of his family.
Normally, I don't like Chuck Norris films.
Chuck is undeniably one of the martial arts greats.
So, in my local used bookstore, I found a film I hadn't seen before and took it home.While the acting in this movie was worse than most Chuch Norris films, I was hoping to see at least one fight scene.
I'll certainly keep that in mind the next time I see a film from that company.I don't have a problem with Christianity ...
If someone is going to make a religious film, at least have the good sense to indicate to the viewer that such is what they will get.
The last reviewer said that Jux woke up at the end of the movie, having a horrible dream, making the movie really stupid.
The 'waking up from a dream' part was actually Jux having a mental flash before he was murdered by the little girl.
He was acting like a father to her, as he really was having a hard time dealing with his daughter's death.This movie is excellent.
However, there are no Chuck Norris signature action scenes in the movie, so don't watch it if you want to see an action movie.
Interesting little movie 6 out 10.
I just watched this movie with a friend of mine.
Yes, it is a religious movie, but not very preachy.
Though, I wouldn't recommend this movie for kids under that age of 10 because of some violence, unless you are sure they know the difference of fiction and reality.* SLIGHT SPOILERS WARNING *The movie starts out with a mission to bring bibles to a village in Mexico.
This is one of the darkest Christian movies I have ever seen (and I have seen a lot of Christiann films).
Bells of Innocence tells the story of three men who crash in the desert when taking a small airplane to deliver bibles to a town in Mexico.
The visual effects were good at the beginning and during the middle of the movie but I think their quality went down somewhat towards the end.
The movie does well in its attempt to depict the struggle between good and evil.
The story is pretty easy to understand although I got a little bit confused with Mike Norris's characters death at the end.
I would say the movie is probably not suitable for children, who could get scared from some of the scenes..
Chuck Norris for the loss.
Chuck Norris spews Christian BS on audience.
Mike Norris was eyeing that girl's body.
Does that constitute good Christian morals?
A short synopsis would be as follows: A damned village is saved by the miraculous acting of Mike Norris and the two other shmoes that follow him around.
Gabby remains an annoying little twit, but, also inexplicably, the best actor in the movie.
Go figure.Chuck Norris's tears do not cure cancer.
An exciting movie..
At first I was reluctant to watch Bells of Innocence.It looked like a boring sci-fi type thing.But boy was I wrong.
It was an exciting movie that shared the gospel in a unique way.I really like the way they showed good Vs. evil through the use of angels and demons.Also the way they showed that evil can come disguised as good was really cool I also like the ending.Although it was confusing at times I thought it was a great Christian movie.