Film Review – In the Fire

The war between science and religion is the dramatic foundation for “In the Fire,” which takes audiences to the early days of psychology as it develops in a land largely ruled by God’s laws. Co-writer/director Conor Allyn (“No Man’s Land,” “Java Heat”) has a sophisticated idea for the picture, examining the will of a woman devoted to the understanding of the human mind and the mob mentality of faith, with this collision of righteousness promising a heated study of certainty. “In the Fire” doesn’t end up chasing such conflict, with Allyn sticking to a more simplistic understanding of character and contentiousness. Some passion does emerge from performances, but wilder swings of condemnation, along with romantic entanglements, take material that initially feels invested in reality and turns it into a soap opera. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com