The Passion of the Christ
Starring: Francesco De Vito, Hristo Naumov Shopov, James Caviezel, Luca Lionello, Maia Morgenstern, Mattia Sbragia, Monica Bellucci
Details: US / 120 mins / (15PG).
Utterly unforgiving and insistent, the film focuses with an almost giddy zeal on the sheer horror of the tortures that Jesus went through, exposing the viewer to a 15 minute flaying sequence in which bits of flesh are visibly ripped from His body. It's a sequence as vicious as anything in the most extreme of action or horror films.
To the question of the much mooted anti-Semitism; though my knowledge of the doctrines of organised religion can mercifully be described as limited, an edge is present here that could - and probably will - be construed as such. While Gibson doesn't tar all Jews with the same brush, there is a palpable rush to caricature when it comes to the leaders, especially Jewish high priest Caiaphas (Mattia Sbragia) and the sympathetic ease in which Pilate (Hristo Shopov) is portrayed. If the film's purpose is to show the sheer enormity of Christ's suffering then it succeeds on a certain level. Entertainment doesn't ever come into it, for this is tough, brutal and vaguely depressing filmmaking with a vision which is as intolerant as it is unforgiving. And even considering the violence, that's still probably the most shocking thing about The Passion of the Christ.
Review by Garreth Murphy
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godzgrl4evr
Duh! It isn't supposed to be entertainment and you don't know what you are talking about! This movie is supposed to tell us Christians what Jesus Christ did for us! I have watched it several times and each time I am touched to the point I cry. The ending is triumphant as it shows that Satan can't win against Christ! A word of advice- don't watch movies that you can't see from all sides. Apparently, it sounds like you don't know Christ, therefore, you can't see what a good movie The Passion is.
Posted 01/01/2011 18:39:15
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