IGNACYO MATYNIA | DEAN CAIN | KRYSTIAN LEONARD
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
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ABOUT
This powerful film is a true story about the struggles and challenges first responders face and the toll it takes on their lives.
Break Every Chain stars Ignacyo Matynia and Dean Cain (Lois and Clark, God's Not Dead).
Filled with talented performances and beautiful cinematography, Break Every Chain gives us a glimpse into the challenges of being a police officer.
First responders have a higher rate of suicide and PTSD due to what they experience on a daily basis, and the film offers answers and hope.
Based on the true story and award winning book Break Every Chain by veteran police officer Jonathan Hickory; in which he shares his intimate perspective into the struggle that many of our heroes battle in their hearts.
Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn’t do it anymore. After the loss of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the death of his son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers—finding only darkness. Facing the threat of losing his job as a police officer, the loss of his wife and daughter, and contemplating suicide, Jonathan turns to faith and finds hope and redemption.
Credits
Cast:
Ignacyo Matynia, Dean Cain, Krystian Leonard, Sterling Morse, Deborah Thompson, Sharonne Lanier, Collins Randolph
Based On:
Break Every Chain, by Jonathan Hickory
Written By:
Tim Searfoss, Daniel Fajardo
Executive Producers:
Jonathan Hickory, Jason Campbell
Directed By:
Tim Searfoss
THE TRUE STORY
Jonathan Hickory is an active duty Police Sergeant and the author of the award-winning book (now an award winning movie), Break Every Chain. With over 21 years of police experience, he spent seven years investigating the reconstruction of fatal vehicle crashes and three years as a motorcycle officer. Jonathan proudly serves as a member of the Police Department's Peer Support Team speaking life into fellow police officers. Jonathan developed and teaches a DCJS approved Resilience and Suicide Prevention class at the police academy. Jonathan has been married to his wife Stacy since 2004 and has three beloved children.
As a veteran police officer, Jonathan has worked the streets, facing the darkest moments of humanity. After battling alcoholism and PTSD related depression for years, he found himself in the middle of the ultimate battle of good versus evil; the battle for his soul as he considered suicide. After allowing the enemy to destroy his life and his family for so long, Jonathan cried out for help from the only One who could save him. Turning to God has given Jonathan a new LIGHT in the perpetual darkness.
As an author and speaker, Jonathan now helps others who are struggling with the difficulty of surviving this fallen world. Jonathan continues to speak life into others as he shares the power of what God can do, and continues to fight the battle against the stigma of getting help for mental health.
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REVIEWS
"Break Every Chain epitomizes the personal struggles of many law enforcement officers, the real battle between good and evil, and how the power of God can set the captives free."
REV. MARCOS A. MIRANDA, DMin., BCC President, New York State Chaplain Task Force Chaplain, New York State Fraternal Order of Police
"This inspirational biographical drama captures the horrors and the hardships that first responders face, and gives true hope for anyone struggling to overcome the trauma that imprisons the minds of so many.”
Dean Cain
“This is a gripping real-life story that will give us all the encouragement we need to face whatever might lie ahead in our journey, and to do so with hope.”
JONATHAN FALWELL,
Senior Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia
Campus Pastor at Liberty University
