As anti-American violence continues to erupt in the Middle East, a new film in the U.S. honors American military men and women and the freedoms for which they fought and continue to protect.
Now in more than 1,400 theaters throughout the nation, the release of Last Ounce of Courage is the largest for a faith-based film since The Passion of the Christ. It portrays the story of a man whose son is killed in combat. The soldier's death leaves his father raising a new baby.
Steven Griffin, president of Veritas Entertainment and the film's executive producer, explains that the grandson comes back to the small Midwest town in which he was raised, where he asks his grandfather, "What did my father die for?"
"A similar question happens a lot as our brave men and women come back from war, defending our liberties, defending our great nation," Griffin recognizes. "They look around and they see normal Americans sitting on their couch, on their hands, watching their flat-screen TVs, and not standing up for the very liberties that they are fighting and giving their lives for."
Patriotic Americans have responded well to the film, as the movie's release came when the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, was murdered and Democrats renounced God in the party's platform.
"Our religious liberties as Christian Americans are under attack, and we have to do something to take a stand in defense of those," Griffin contends. "Quit just talking about taking a stand, but do something. So, we see this election is an election about freedom from the very highest office to the lowest city office."
A list of theaters showing Last Ounce of Courage is available on the movie's website.