'For Greater Glory' -- 1 1/2 stars

R; 2:23 running time

"For Greater Glory" is a meandering, malnourished epic of a forgotten Mexican civil war, the one after the Mexican revolution that made Pancho Villa famous. This period piece, partly financed by the Catholic Knights of Columbus, is about the Cristeros War, when Catholic priests and peasants took up arms againstMexico's revolutionary government's efforts to repress the Catholic Church. It's an arch, preachy and violent movie aimed at the faithful, people who won't grimace or roll their eyes at every character who declares, "God save us from these heathens!" -- Roger Moore

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May 31, 2012