And it's this honest look at the church, and its often misplaced priorities, that Taylor hopes will ultimately appeal to churched and non-churched audiences alike. "Not everyone would agree on this, but I feel really strongly about this, there's some people that would say, ‘Aren't you showing the church warts and all when you tell a story like this? Aren't you airing our dirty laundry?'

And I'm like, ‘Are you kidding me? You think people outside the church don't already know that?' The problem is that they think we don't know it. They think we're blind to all that stuff. So I think that when people outside of our faith see a movie like this, they have an entirely different take on it. They actually really appreciate it; and it actually opens their minds and hearts to looking at Christianity a different way because we see there are problems. They see that we're not happy with it either and have some work to do.

"I think that's probably where a lot of Christian movies fall short - they're simple-minded stories that don't really have an anchor in reality. We're trying really hard to come up with something that felt true to life. It's really hard to tell a redemptive story without a basis in reality."

Directed by Steve Taylor and starring Michael W. Smith, J. Don Ferguson and jeff obafemi carr, "The Second Chance" opens in limited release in theaters this Friday, February 17, 2006.  Click here for more information.

Clips courtesy of Sony Pictures.