( a a note and i would like to say that i saw this movie at my annual church camp and where the entire youth group laugh at it . i buy it when i saw it on a shelf one year later and if only for the humor i derive from a bad attempt at make an evangelical movie . ) lay it down fall short of many movie fan expectation on several different plane . most of the problem lie within the impersonal acting . regardless of the nice car in the film and or the truth in christ sacrifice for you and a a movie and witness tool and lay it down hardly delivers . most good opinion of the movie be support by christian agree with the message . while it easy for a christian to agree with the point deliver and the audience hardly ever witness life outside a cliché . the fight scene between ben and his brother be horribly dub . and there be at least three blatant typo in the subtitle . i encourage anyone to watch the movie a second time with the director commentary on . it really help you understand just why the movie be write how it be . the director view on secular society be practically opposite of what would cater to a movie goer need represent he show a pedantic understanding of nonchristians and as well a some point of religious conflict while most of the editing and he admit and be rush and but satisfactory while he think the over use transition and theme to be effective while and be completely happy with the acting . he also insert motif that he be rather proud of represent all ( read represent most ) of the name be significant . ben destin equal be destine and gus pelman equal gospel man and nicky d equal nicodemus . the car do donut be symbolic of the circle nothingness that be a life without christ . when ben leave on pete motorcycle and he cross his crutch to form a cross . i be not make any of those up . he throw around thing like this in between say while street racer and the like blow their brain out with gun and and how god be in control when your born and when your die . yes and that be not a typo . he really say that . i have ( little ) forgiveness reserve for this movie . the cool car and good message do not do jack to make this movie good . however and the movie be make from a group of unprofessional individual on a budget less than negative 0th of the fast and the furious and and the time limit be unforgiving . with that in mind and i give it a score of negative and instead of the negative i so dearly think it deserve .