Review of End of the Spear

I was lucky enough to be able to see a prescreening of this movie. I was not disappointed by both the acting and cinematography in this movie, but the message contained deep within its bowels turned me away. The message in this movie is not that of what the preview tells you. From what you watch in the preview you see that this is a movie about bringing peace to a waring tribe. But in all truth the movie tells more of a story of Christians coming to save the damned souls of the tribe. Unfortunately this story holds in it a disheartening message that for non-Christians will most likely disgust them. When you first realize the true nature of the story is when the main character Nate Saint says to his son after asking if they will kill the waodoni he calmly replies that they cannot because they are not ready to die, and by the end of the movie if you didn't realize it then you will realize that he is referring to them not being saved. If this undertone had not been there throughout the movie it would have been a much better piece, and would be on my A-list. All story elements aside this movie is worth seeing for the great acting, and great direction.