Summary Of The New Christian Movie 'Captive'

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The new Christian movie "Captive" is coming to theaters on September 18, and is a testimony of a drug-addict Ashley Smith, whose life changes in a seven-hour ordeal with her kidnapper Brian Nichols.

In 2005, Brian Nicolas was on run after murdering four people when he takes Smith hostage at her home, where she reads the Rick Warren book, "Purpose Driven Life" to him. The encounter not only softens Nicholas' heart, but also changes her forever.

The movie is based on a novel by Smith, "Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero," where Smith is being played by Kate Mara, while David Oyelowo is casted as Nicholas.

Nicholas was facing trial in court for rape in 2005, when he attacked a deputy sheriff standing nearby, stole her gun, wounded her, and …show more content…

Smith told the Baptist Press, "And I really honestly believe that if I would have [chosen] to do the drugs that night that I would have died, whether it be by the hands of Brian Nichols or somebody else. But I looked at Brian Nichols and I said I don't want to use that now and I never want to use it again, whether I've got five years to live or I've got 50 years to live, and by the grace of God I have not [used it again]."

Nichols asked her to read from the Purpose Driven Life, and she took out chapter 32 'You're Shaped to Serve God.' Reading from the chapter apparently had effect on both her and Nichols.

"..it wasn't until God literally reached down into the pits of hell that my life had become, in my apartment that night and He pulled me out of it. And He showed me, 'You know what, I love you. It doesn't matter what you do, who you are, I love you,'" Smith continued. "It was like an immediate freedom. ... God was asking me to trust Him. He was asking me if I wanted a new life, or if I didn't want a new life. And I wanted a new life. Thankfully He gave me

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