States of Grace
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| Directed by | Richard Dutcher |
| Produced by | Richard Dutcher |
| Written by | Richard Dutcher |
| Starring | Lucas Fleischer Jeffrey Scott Kelly J. J. Boone |
| Music by | Ben Carson |
| Distributed by | Zion Films |
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128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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| Soundtrack album by Ben Carson | |
| Released | 2006 |
| Label | Rub Down The Line Music |
States of Grace (also known as God's Army 2: States of Grace) is a 2005 drama film by Richard Dutcher which tells the story of two Mormon missionaries in Santa Monica, California. While it features none of the original main characters from God's Army, it is set in the same location and has some of the original secondary characters.
In Santa Monica, California, neighboring Los Angeles, a pair of Mormon missionaries—by-the-book Elder Farrell (Lucas Fleischer), and his soon-to-leave companion, Elder Lozano (Ignacio Serricchio)—proselytize to strangers until they encounter a group of aggressive thugs who intimidate and threaten them. Immediately after this encounter, rival gang members in a car open fire in a drive-by shooting targeting the thugs, leaving the missionaries and other bystanders caught in the crossfire.
The shootout wounds one of the thugs, Carl (Lamont Stephens), who had intimidated Elder Farrell, and kills another thug. After the attack, Elder Lozano saves Carl's life using his shirt, which reveals several tattoos, commenting only about his past that he made a better convert than a missionary. After the hospital releases Carl, he tracks down the missionaries, thanking Lozano for saving his life, who gives him a Book of Mormon.
Later, the missionaries notice an unconscious street preacher—who had previously preached outside their apartment—lying behind a Dumpster. Despite Farrell's hesitation, the Elders bring the man—later identified as Louis (Jo-sei Ikeda)—to rest in their apartment.
Carl, who has been reading the Bible and Book of Mormon, is eager to be baptized and begins taking lessons from the missionaries. While they do so, the missionaries ask their next-door neighbor, Holly (Rachel Emmers), to check on the homeless preacher in their home. Upon their return, the Elders have dinner with Holly and Louis and continue to do so for a few days. In this time, the Elders learn that Louis once was a preacher who lost his congregation due to alcoholism and that Holly—a struggling actress—acted in a few adult movies, her parents back home discovering and cutting off contact with her as a result. Elder Farrell promises that God will never stop loving her regardless of her mistakes.
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