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NASHVILLE, Jan. 24, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- The highly-acclaimed Christian movie, 'Suing the Devil' has been attacked by atheist groups on the Internet. One of the groups emailed the producers warning of a 'mob attack' on IMDB.

Within three days, the film's rating dropped from a near 7 to a 4 on IMDB, which is the largest film site on the Internet.

Anti-Christian comments such as 'Christian propaganda', 'Christian-brainwashing' 'Christian idiots' and 'Eliminate Christians' permeated through the film's message boards.

"It was a direct attack on all Believers," a spokesman for RiverRain Productions said. "There were over 400 people who voted a '1' overnight despite the film not coming out until April 2012."

"We've let IMDB know about this attack, but they've done nothing," the spokesman continued. "Other Christian films, like 'Courageous' and 'Facing the Giants' have also suffered these attacks -- it's a way of smearing and discrediting these films."

At the same time, the director and producers are urging forgiveness on the part of the attackers. "We have to show them love," says Tim Chey, the film's director. "Jesus said if they hate me, they'll hate you."

"Suing the Devil" was mentioned in the LA Times over the weekend as having over 100,000 illegal downloads on 50 illegal sites.

"It's one of the most heavily downloaded indie movies ever," says Chey, "which is a compliment actually. And I'm glad it spread the Word to so many."

Suing the Devil, the highly-acclaimed film opened in select theaters nationwide on August 26, 2011. It had the second highest-grossing average of any independent film in the nation and was the #1 Christian movie in America in August.

Suing the Devil stars Malcolm McDowell, Rebecca St. James, Corbin Bernsen, Shannen Fields ('Facing the Giants'), Tom Sizemore, Ros Gentle, and Bart Bronson. Hillsong also participated in the movie shot in Sydney, Australia.

In the film, Luke O'Brien, a washed-up janitor turned night law student, decides to sue Satan (Malcolm McDowell) for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files a default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself. On Satan's legal team are 10 of the country's best trial lawyers. The entire world watches Legal TV to see who will win the Trial of the Century.

More info at: SuingtheDevil.com

Facebook page: Facebook.com/SuingtheDevilMovie