The Forge is a 2024 American Christian drama film directed by Alex Kendrick and co-written by Stephen Kendrick. A spin-off to War Room, it is the Kendrick brothers' ninth film and the sixth through their subsidiary, Kendrick Brothers Productions. Their initial five films were created under Sherwood Pictures. It stars Cameron Arnett, Priscilla Shirer, Aspen Kennedy, Karen Abercrombie, T.C. Stallings, BJ Arnett, Ken Bevel, Benjamin Watson, Jonathan Evans, Jerry Shirer, and Tommy Woodard.

Plot

Isaiah Wright (Aspen Kennedy) enjoys playing basketball and video games with his friends. One day while playing video games, his mother Cynthia (Priscilla Shrier) asks her son to help her with carrying the groceries, which he doesn’t hear at first until his video game is over. His mother wants him to get a job since he has graduated high school, implying he skipped out on college. Isaiah doesn’t want to go look for a job, but Cynthia threatens to kick him out of the house. He starts looking for jobs the next day, eventually landing at Moore Fitness to fill out an application. A man walks in and notices Isaiah sitting and filing out a form, and asks him why he’s there. Isaiah doesn’t want to talk to him, but the man turns out to be the president of the company, Joshua Moore (Cameron Arnett). Isaiah throws away the application and is ready to storm off, but as he leaves, Joshua stops him and invites Isaiah to lunch. He gives him his business card and asks him three questions, telling him to call when he’s ready to answer them.