Karen's Reviews > Directed Verdict

An American Christian missionary couple has built a secret church in Saudi Arabia, a very dangerous business. The religious police inevitably discover the names of the core group and invade the Americans' home, accusing them of leading a drug ring, and torture them for the names of believers. They do not reveal any new names and are near death when the police inject them with cocaine in order to provide false evidence, before calling in medical help. The husband dies but the wife is deported back to the U.S. The core members recant under torture, but repent and try to resurrect the secret church. Meanwhile, the remaining U.S. missionary is helped by a talented but small-time lawyer who is interested in enhancing his career with a big time international law trial: he and his motley group of aides sue the villainous head of the Saudi religious police and the government of Saudi Arabia whom they say was approving and complisent in the human rights violations. Good story, lots of twists.