The faith-based film "God's not dead" shocked the box office with its impressive first week numbers and along with receiving support, critics, surfaced to bash the validity of the films plot. The Movies Producers were well prepared for that and Pure Flix Entertainment CEO Russell Wolfe responds to the critics.

Wolfe told TheBlaze he knew they would face opposition from those who would think the film was over exaggerating what takes place so they included a list of real life court cases at the end of the film in which people faced opposition in college because of their Christian faith.

The movie "God's Not Dead" is about a freshman college student named Josh Wheaton (Shane Harper), who enrolled in a philosophy class taught by a notorious and domineering professor. Prof. Radisson (Kevin Sorbo) demanded all of his students sign a declaration that "God is dead" in order to get a passing grade in his class. Wheaton refused and defended his belief in God.

"Friendly Atheist" blogger Hemant Mehta called the film "one of those movies ripped right from the pages of Snopes." And Libby Anne of the "Love, Joy, Feminism" blog said its basis is "so unrealistic as to be ludicrous." 

But Wolfe said he began contemplating the issue of religious freedom after hearing of a real case from Alliance Defending Freedom president, Alan Sears, a conservative lawyer, who shares a story about a college student entangled in a campus battle for defending her faith, "I found out that there were a lot of other cases," he said.

Eventually, that is what got the ball rolling for Wolfe to create a movie about religious freedom and "God's Not Dead," helped bring that vision to life.

Wolfe inserted a list of 50 real-life court battles to close the film, cases in which "university students, campus ministries and clubs [were] attacked for their biblical faith." He was out to prove that First Amendment violations are occurring at college campuses.

Although the cases mentioned at the end of "God's Not Dead" are not identical to the plot of the film, Wolfe says the movie was based roughly on real-life conflicts over religious freedom and free speech.

"That's something we ended up hearing - that atheists were saying no professor would ever do that," he told TheBlaze of Radisson's behavior in the film. "So, that's why I decided to list the cases at the end of the film."

One battle noted at the end of the film is that of Jonathan Lopez. In which he maintains a professor at Los Angeles Community College ridiculed him after he delivered a speech defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Lopez won his legal battle in district court, but then lost after the case was appealed.

Another was the story of Beth Sheeran, she claims she was told along with others in her pro-life club at Spokane Falls Community College in Washington that the state is pro-choice and that a pro-life display would not be permitted unless it incorporated pro-abortion perspectives. The case concluded with the school settling the lawsuit and agreeing to revise its speech codes.

Wolfe said that "God's Not Dead" is intended to strengthen Christians' faith and to encourage them." Actor Sorbo, best known for his role as Hercules, spoke with BreatheCast about the film and said Christians in American need to speak up. "I think there so many people in this country. Christians that say let's live and let live but I think we've got to stop doing that, we've got to fight back and say you know what, get over it!"

God's Not Dead" was directed by Harold Cronk, and stars Sorbo, Harper, David A.R. White, and Dean Cain featuring the NewBoys and Phil Robertson. It was released throughout the United States Friday, March 21.

For more information on the film visit the movies Website.