End of the Spear (2006)
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Stephen Caudill
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 13, 2006
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Dual Side
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English, Spanish, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Trailers - 1. Public Service Announcement: Anti-Piracy Trailer
- 2. Bonus Trailers - BEYOND THE GATES OF SPLENDOR
- Disc 1/Side A: END OF THE SPEAR - Full Frame Version
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Disc 1/Side B: END OF THE SPEAR - Widescreen Version
- Widescreen - 2.35
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Reviews
[Director] Hanon seems more interested in exploiting his setting's lush green beauty than exploring the psyches of his bland Bible-thumpers.
Through the harrowing experience of two men as told in End of the Spear -- Steve Saint and Mincaye -- moviegoers can learn the power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Only marginally uplifting and just passably enjoyable as a film. I know in my mind that these experiences were extraordinary for the people involved, but I never really feel it.
...for those of us who are not part of the choir being preached to, the story is a dealbreaker.
Jim Hanon's film is so awkward and anachronistic that it raises more questions than answers.
The vision and values the film celebrates are at such odds with the reality it has refashioned as a breathless melodrama, it is hard to not give in to temptation and poke fun at its unintentional camp.
I knew nothing about this movie going in %u2026 nothing. When I came out, I swore I would do everything I could to let people know about the wonders of "End of the Spear."
No level of noble intent by the filmmakers can compel me to recommend a work of cinema that's this cheap, simplistic and sloppy.
'End of the Spear' features some intensely violent scenes, but this thought-provoking movie never falters in emphasizing the power of forgiveness.
Big-time production values and a truly interesting story make this a huge step forward for the Christian niche film market.
Although the film invests time among the tribesmen, it never really explores the idea that one man's missionary work is another's ideological aggression. And the movie is tentative, dramatically speaking.
This ersatz jungle adventure is really a thinly disguised Sunday School lesson in faith, charity and the savagery of life without Christ.
Too bad this sincere but inept movie doesn't do justice to any of the real people whose powerful story it tells.
End of the Spear is so ineptly rendered, it all but erases the importance of the events it strains to honor.
This is a movie -- albeit one with a great, gripping story -- shot through with meaningful glances, middling performances and melodramatic music cues. Pity.
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