Angel Wars: The Messengers
Reviewed by Caleb Newell"Through VeggieTalesque lessons and quirky humor, your kids will get a Sunday school lesson and a kick out of Angel Wars. "
On September 11, 2001, Creator
Chris Water established Angel Wars. Angel Wars was originally started
as a series for young children, age ranging
from 5-10, with Angel Wars: Soul Quest distributed by Cactus Game Design.
Though they abandoned that project (the teen 12-16) series became more
popular, though this is not clear and there wasn’t a statement made
on the reason) and produced Angel Wars: Guardian Force Episodes 1, 2, and
3 distributed by EMI CMG. The project was then transferred to Twentieth
Century Fox and they have produced Episode 4 through 8 included in the
new movie Angel Wars: The Messengers.
Through VeggieTalesque lessons and quirky humor, your kids will get a Sunday
school lesson and a kick out of Angel Wars. If you had the pleasure of
watching an Angel Wars episode, this is Star Wars and a Christian message
twisted together for a sweet treat.
"Some Sound Advice” starts out this action-packed movie. Through
this episode we finally get a small glimpse at the “Great War”.
You also get some background on Paladin, a member of the Guardian Force,
and are show how he got his wings and his upgrade from “aniwim” to
angel status. The main lesson to pick out through this episode is, “When
the Maker asks us to learn something, whether it’s music or numbers
or science, there’s a reason for it. So embrace it, cause you never
know when a new skill will come in handy.”
A misinterpretation of a dinosaur bone, a great evil, a relative of Goliath,
a city partial destruction, and a battle between demons; all is encountered
in “A Bone To Pick”. I think they put an “Easter Egg” in
this episode for fans. The professor, still obsessing over Victoria (from
episode 1) is included . The main theme: “Lean not on your own understanding”,
and “humble yourself, before the Lord.”
In “Be Carful What You Wish For”, Aniwim Eli gets his wings
. . . or does he? This episode tackles patience, self-control, and “pride
cometh before the fall.” You even get a glimpse into the final episode
(on this DVD). Eli has to overcome his inner demon (or maybe a not so inner
demon as we find out in a later episode) of wanting wings so badly that
he gets them from a demon. The bad thing is they start to overtake him
and when he wants to take them off he can’t. Anger controls him for
a while, until he learns a “shocking” lesson in humility.
As Angel Wars fans know, Eli and Kira have a hard time sticking together
on missions.
The “Stick Together” episode is another portal
of episode one. As one girl tries to clean up her neighborhood, demon bugs
are taking over the one building. As Eli tracks one bug because he thinks
he will find them, Kira falls upon a whole swarm. Sticking together is
the best way to get through any situation.
"Return to Sender” introduces us to a new type of Angel, The
Messengers; a super-fast delivery service. With a city and a sky ruled
by evil, hope
is the only thing that can purge the evil out of the city. A dire message
must be delivered to the girl from the last episode. The powerful evil
from “Be Careful What You Wish For” that granted Eli his cursed
wings doesn’t want this message delivered. How can a five word simple
message save a whole city? Find the power of hope in this great episode.
Character profiles, “Mind Your P’s and Q’s” (a
sneak peak into the next episode), and trailers are the special features
included on this DVD.
So take it easy some day, learn a little, laugh a little, and have some
good clean leisure time as you and the kids enjoy themselves watching Angel
Wars: The Messengers. If you haven’t watched the other episodes,
catch up on them after watching this movie. What a great series. I can
wait for more!
Watch the trailer:
