# "The Reliant", a movie about killing liberals **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661 "2019-09-04T06:23:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/1 "2019-09-04T06:23:24Z")
Hey, remember _The Hunt_, a movie supposedly about killing deplorables for fun? We had a thread about it: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=880125s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=880125s). I thought it was pretty likely that the redhats would turn out to be the protagonists of that film, but I guess we’ll never know, because it got shitcanned. But now the shoe is on the other foot! I bring news of _The Reliant_, in which Kevin Sorbo navigates a dystopian hellscape where guns are outlawed, and he has to take his Godfearing family on the run from molotov-hurling, dirtbike-riding, black clad hooligans. At one point Sorbo runs a protestor down with his car, because subtlety is not a strong suit of the Faith and Guns crowd. In select theaters one night only! [https://www.thereliantmovie.com/](https://www.thereliantmovie.com/) Trailer at this tweet: [https://twitter.com/miniondeathcult/status/1168987234755907587?s=19](https://twitter.com/miniondeathcult/status/1168987234755907587?s=19) ETA: This tweet is a work of art: [https://twitter.com/HiddenKrypt/status/1169054657823379457?s=19](https://twitter.com/HiddenKrypt/status/1169054657823379457?s=19) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/2 "2019-09-04T07:15:24Z")
I’m not seeing on the internets that says it’s about “killing liberals”. > [@](#): > > After an innocent trip to the store ends in rioting and chaos, father of five, Rick (Kevin Sorbo) rushes home desperate to gather his family and find safety. His plans are dashed when the very same armed men suddenly appear, led by the ruthless Jack (Brian Bosworth). Caught in the deadly crossfire, the children are forced to seek shelter in the surrounding woods. It’s also a Christian faith based movie. No nudity or profanity despite it’s R rating. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/3 "2019-09-04T11:05:47Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I’m not seeing on the internets that says it’s about “killing liberals”. > > It’s also a Christian faith based movie. No nudity or profanity despite it’s R rating. If anyone in this movie gets penetrated it will be by a knife; not a penis. That’s the way God wants it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/4 "2019-09-04T11:12:24Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > ETA: This tweet is a work of art: [https://twitter.com/HiddenKrypt/status/1169054657823379457?s=19](https://twitter.com/HiddenKrypt/status/1169054657823379457?s=19) I liked this exchange of replies : [[https://pbs](https://pbs)] relatable tweet poster @redmilieu · 3h “Best film” at two made up film festivals [[https://pbs](https://pbs)] StillSteerage @StillSteerage · 6h Replying to @HiddenKrypt and @miniondeathcult Not _THE_ Great Lakes Christian Film Festival?! I’m sold ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/5 "2019-09-04T12:11:02Z")
Kevin Sorbo and Brian Bosworth! That sounds amazing. Tell me Chachi is in it, too. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/6 "2019-09-04T12:38:47Z")
[From their indiegogo looking for marketing dollars](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-reliant-marketing-campaign#/): > [@](#): > > Our marketing team has tried to reach out and solidify two powerful forces in America to maximize the impact of “The Reliant”. Without a doubt, the lovers of the Second Amendment are a powerful political force, and Christian conservatives are a powerful moral force for positive change. But they rarely unite, however common their cause might be. > > Looming ominously in the way of the success of “The Reliant” is Hollywood’s censorship. The combined forces of Google, Twitter, Facebook, and the increasingly liberal “fake news media” shackle conservatives in the public realm of ideas. “The Reliant” needs a tsunami of “sharing” and “liking” from folks like YOU to overwhelm their attempts to minimize us. We need to fill theater seats on opening night to assure that the even more daring sequel to “The Reliant” will indeed become a reality. It is a challenge to create movies like “The Reliant”, movies that reach outside of our comfort zone with a poignant message of redemption and defend our God-given liberties - but with God, all things are possible. Must be hard out there for rich, white Christians. Dig deep, people. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/7 "2019-09-04T12:38:49Z")
The Reliant? Sounds like a good movie. I assume Bosworth in the Khan role? And Sorbo is the innocent Starfleet officer that gets in his way of galactic conquest. I could watch that. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/8 "2019-09-04T12:53:56Z")
It may not be about ‘killing liberals’ but it has a strong pro gun, christian conservative lean, and I don’t doubt that some people who watch the movie will get the wrong ideas from it. From the synopsis: " Sophie (Mollee Gray), who questions the morality of gun ownership but soon learns that in God all things are good, including her family’s Second Amendment right to defend themselves. Rumor has it that the producers had wanted Charlton Heston in the film… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/9 "2019-09-04T12:58:07Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Kevin Sorbo and Brian Bosworth! That sounds amazing. Tell me Chachi is in it, too. Would you settle for Eric Roberts? Cuz he’s in it. To be fair, Roberts was pretty good in _Heroes_. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/10 "2019-09-04T13:13:54Z")
Yeah, I’ll trade Chachi for Eric Roberts. With a lineup like that, this movie is destined for greatness. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/11 "2019-09-04T13:19:13Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Would you settle for Eric Roberts? Cuz he’s in it. > > To be fair, Roberts was pretty good in _Heroes_. HEY…HEYYYYYYY NO! NO!..NNNNNO. Eric Roberts is more than “pretty good” in a lot of work. …and he has bills to pay, so you don’t get to drag Eric Roberts. The line must be drawn HEAH. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/12 "2019-09-04T13:27:42Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > From the synopsis: " Sophie (Mollee Gray), who questions the morality of gun ownership but soon learns that in God all things are good, including her family’s Second Amendment right to defend themselves. Oddly, the only thing I know about Mollee Gray (and don’t ask me why) is that she’s a married, out-and-proud lesbian. Which doesn’t preclude her from being in a Christian film (or being a Christian herself, if she is\*) but it still seems like an odd match for this particular flavor and intended audience of Christian film. \*Pre-post edit: [Mormon](https://www.advocate.com/people/2019/1/28/mormon-disney-star-who-quietly-came-out) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/13 "2019-09-04T13:42:46Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It may not be about ‘killing liberals’ but it has a strong pro gun, christian conservative lean, and I don’t doubt that some people who watch the movie will get the wrong ideas from it. > > From the synopsis: " Sophie (Mollee Gray), who questions the morality of gun ownership but soon learns that in God all things are good, including her family’s Second Amendment right to defend themselves. > > Rumor has it that the producers had wanted Charlton Heston in the film… God wrote the Second Amendment? I did not know that. Ignorance, er, fought to a standstill. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/14 "2019-09-04T14:46:46Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > ETA: This tweet is a work of art: [https://twitter.com/HiddenKrypt/status/1169054657823379457?s=19](https://twitter.com/HiddenKrypt/status/1169054657823379457?s=19) Hell yeah? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/15 "2019-09-04T14:54:42Z")
Kevin Sorbo has been in so many right-wing Christian films it is a wonder that he hasn’t publicly apologized for portraying a false (half)god on television. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/16 "2019-09-04T14:58:36Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > It may not be about ‘killing liberals’ but it has a strong pro gun, christian conservative lean, and I don’t doubt that some people who watch the movie will get the wrong ideas from it. The final second of the trailer promises a “Features a Discussion on Gun Advocacy” so maybe the audience can work through it then. I can’t imagine a more fun cinema experience. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/17 "2019-09-04T15:30:07Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > …a dystopian hellscape where guns are outlawed… Evidently Steadicams have been outlawed too. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/18 "2019-09-04T15:37:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Our marketing team has tried to reach out and solidify two powerful forces in America to maximize the impact of “The Reliant”. Without a doubt, the lovers of the Second Amendment are a powerful political force, and Christian conservatives are a powerful moral force for positive change. But they rarely unite, however common their cause might be. I wonder what color the sky is in their world. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/19 "2019-09-04T15:39:21Z")
I never finished reading The Bible; it was slow and plodding, so I never got to the part where God wanted mankind to turn the earth into a gun-crazed dystopian nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661/20 "2019-09-04T15:55:09Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Hell yeah? 😕 The picture is a three-wheel [Reliant car](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Motors), a common punchline for cheap cars that roll over if you try to turn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reliant-a-movie-about-killing-liberals/839661.md?page=2)