An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Through India, the film also addresses the developing-versus-developed-world debate over carbon emission and energy issues.

This is essentially a training video, calling viewers to activism with the slogan: 'If our leaders refuse to lead, our citizens will.' If we could only plug our grid into Gore, we'd have an inexhaustible supply of renewable energy.

Whether one agrees with Gore's assessment -- that businesses, local government and individuals can work towards the emission targets set in Paris regardless -- there's no doubting his sincerity and passion.

Useful as a teaching tool, strictly functional as cinema.

Bless Al Gore and everything he stands for, but not every picture is worth a thousand words.

Given the monumental scariness of the original documentary, it's striking how optimistic sections of this one are.

There's no question that the film has an agenda, but it's an agenda that Christians can get behind, especially after Pope Francis issued Laudato Si in early 2015.

Director Bonnie Cohen and Jon Shenk do an impressive job, making a sequel that continues to prove that climate change is the most important matter that all humans must make a priority.

I still recommend you check it out, since Al Gore is a fantastic spokesperson for the cause, but the film is a fairly artless endeavor with an admittedly solid, significant message.

If I were Al Gore, I would be frothing with rage all the time. And maybe, down deep, he is. But he's too disciplined and too focused to let it slip out, and that's why he's the one with the Nobel Peace Prize.