ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Wuchak Released in 2012 and directed by Dean Wright, "For Greater Glory" (subtitled "The True Story of Cristiada") chronicles the Cristeros War in central Mexico, a veritable civil war from 1926-1929 where Catholic citizens had no recourse but to take a bold stand against the atheistic Mexican government, ran by President Calles (Rubén Blades), who sought to stamp out Catholicism by forbidding masses, destroying churches and exiling or murdering priests. Andy Garcia plays the Cristeros general, Enrique Gorostieta, who's initially an atheist, but is eventually inspired by the events. Oscar Isaac and Eduardo Verástegui play his subordinates while Eva Longoria plays his wife. Peter O'Toole is on hand as an aging priest while Mauricio Kuri appears as a boy moved to join the Cristeros. All the main characters are based on real-life people. While this is a historical war/drama/action movie it could also be designated as a Western, albeit a Mexican Western. But don't expect some of the stereotypical staples of most Westerns, like quick-draw showdowns, saloons, cavalry vs. Indians, saloon girls, stampedes and cattle drives. This is a realistic detailing of the events with quite a bit of action and an occasional eye-rolling dramatic sequence.Some of the comments by critics are clueless in that they try to argue that the actual situation in Mexico at the time was more complex than the movie shows. Ya think? What else is new? All movies based on historical events try to simplify the situation to make the story palatable to viewers. Critics also argue that the movie's too "one-sided" and some even attempt to defend Calles' tyrannical oppression. Seriously? No matter how you slice it he tried to stamp out a deep-rooted religion in his country through oppression and murder. He actually thought he could rid the populace of Catholicism in a year's time. He was wrong. He also underestimated the Cristeros and was thoroughly humbled. By 1929 the Federals had 100,000 troops whereas the Cristeros only had half that, and many of them were women. During the three years of fighting the Federals lost 57,000 soldiers while the Cristeros 'only' lost 30,000. Altogether an estimated 250,000 people lost their lives and the same number fled Mexico. This is a good movie to remind us that "the government" can easily morph into a tyrannical dictator in a moment's notice if the citizenry isn't vigilant. Consider the USA, for example: If Americans keep electing doofus Demoncraps to high office the so-called Supreme Court will eventually have a libertine majority and, faster than you can blink, Christianity and religious freedom would be eradicated overnight. Suddenly it would be a "hate crime" to say such-and-such is a sin and evangelizing would be outlawed. Make no mistake, it could happen in a heartbeat. Remember in 2014 when the city of Houston subpoenaed pastors' sermons as part of a crackdown on preaching against homosexuality? The movie was based on the 1976 book The Cristero Rebellion, a chronicle of the war written by French historian Jean Meyer who resides in Mexico, and was naturally approved by Catholic organizations (probably funded to some degree, as well). However, the movie's not completely "one-sided," as critics claim, which is admirable. For instance, President Calles (the "villain") offers peace terms to General Gorostieta (the "good guy") in a secret parley that seems reasonable to me, but the general is too proud to accept them. Once the dust settles the war concludes based on essentially the same pact Gorostieta rejected, with the mediation of the United States ambassador (Bruce Greenwood), who happened to be related to Charles Lindbergh. The USA government then provided Calles with machine guns while Mexico granted protection for America's oil interests. So it's not all black and white, and you have to give kudos to a film that honestly chronicles political & moral ambiguities.A Mexican production, the movie runs 145 minutes and was shot entirely in Mexico. The locations are awesome, by the way. The screenplay was written by Michael Love. On the DVD there's a 27-minute documentary on the Cristeros War & the movie, which is worth checking out. GRADE: B

Wizard-8 There's no doubt that the subject matter of "For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada" - the Cristeros War of Mexico in the late 1920s - could make for an interesting and even entertaining movie. But to tell the truth, I felt kind of unsatisfied at the end. One of the most expensive Mexican movies made (though low budget by Hollywood standards), I will say that the movie (for the most part) looks pretty good. But the movie is saddled with a substandard script. The movie is both too long and not long enough. It unfolds at a pretty slow pace, and there are a number of scenes that could have been eliminated. But at the same time, it doesn't go into detail enough on a number of important points. The motivations of the characters are more often than not vague, and there are a number of unanswered questions for those unfamiliar with this part of Mexican history. While I wouldn't call this movie terrible, it is unsatisfying. Though on a positive note, it will probably get you to do some research about this conflict.

SnoopyStyle This is a one sided docudrama about the Cristeros War in Mexico (1926-1929), a war between Catholics against the atheist Government of Mexico.Andy Garcia stars as the leader of the revolt Enrique Gorostieta. The big problem with this is his acting style. He is too cold and too regal. It's hard to maintain his humanity while he seems to be above it all.There is no doubt that this is a one-sided history. Are they putting on propaganda? Just consider that the production company and money has a lot of Catholic and supporters' fingers on it. Keep that in mind, and watch a pretty good movie.

marylousanchez Good actors but not true. The cristeros were manipulated by the Catholic church to help them keep the power in political decisions and the Government was tired of the religion being involved in many important political and economical decisions, so The Catholic Church and the Government are very equal in how detrimental have been in the life of that great country, they both used the population of Mexico to solve their differences. It is very sad that the manipulation that for hundreds of years the Catholic religion has had over the people of Mexico is glorified in this cheese movie. There are two sides to every story and both sides are horrible, in this case; but at least the separation of church and state in Mexico helped that one of the tyrants was out of the political decisions of the country. Mexico has been consumed by the fear and guilt that the Catholic Church imposed over its good people for so long and the corrupt government has been sucking the life of the amazing people of that country for so many years as well. There is still a lot of religious power ( fear) over the Mexican and Latin-American people, as corrupt and heartless is the Catholic church as are the Governments that have bled all those countries for such long time. and all done in the name of GOD :-)