Recently, Alan Ritchson’s new movie “Ungentlemanly Warfare” has struggled at the box office amid other high-performing films. Ritchson’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” debuted with $9 million across 2,845 theaters.
The film is based on true events from recently declassified files on the British War Department. According to a synopsis from Rotten Tomatoes, “THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming.”
The summary discusses the “ungentlemanly” nature of the rag-tag group of “top-secret” fighters, stating, “The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare.”
Ritchson is known for his outward expression of his devout Christian faith. “I’m a Christian quite simply because of what Jesus calls us to do,” the actor recently said. “Love other people until death. It doesn’t mean we’re all to be hung on a cross, but how can I suffer for you? That is a beautiful thing.”
However, he sparked controversy from within the conservative community when he made comments critical of former president Donald Trump. Ritchson was highly critical of how the GOP frontrunner is viewed in the Christian community in light of his past actions. “Trump is a r*pist and a con man,” he said during a recent interview, “and yet the entire Christian church seems to be treat him like he’s their poster child and it’s unreal. I don’t understand it.”
The actor also voiced criticism toward the Catholic church, citing allegations of sexual misconduct being covered up. “It’s worth saying that the atrocities that are happening in the church that are being actively covered up, even to this day with people not being held accountable, is repulsive,” he said. “I can’t for one second support the Catholic Church while there are still cardinals, bishops and priests being passed around with known pedophilic tendencies.”
The American Tribune previously reported on comments from the “Reacher” star who discussed the importance of faith-based, Christian films. According to Ritchson, “God Chooses Heroes To Do His Work,” particularly when it comes to those in the entertainment industry.
Ritchson said, “God continually shows up in our world in a way that kind of boggles our mind. Because we, for whatever reason, I think we continue to buy into the idea that … God chooses heroes to do His work. And it’s just never been the case. It’s the broken and the dysfunctional that God proves His power and strength through. And this a story of that, too. It’s important that we remember that those who maybe struggle to follow the rules, who don’t look like the perfect Christians, who are the broken, are the people that God has a funny way of expressing Himself through. And that story is very much told in Ordinary Angels.”
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