This movie is your typical run-of-the-mill self-serving, holier than thou, Christian propaganda, shovel ware.
It is very clear that almost nobody, save for MAYBE the main character, was paid to make this, and was instead promised indulgences or a guarantee to heaven or some other scam so that the director/out-of-touch youth pastor can shill out this movie to unsuspecting Sunday school services.
I found myself relating to the main character quite a lot, not because I am a "sinful unsaved member of the masses" but because I found that the actor did an unironically amazing job at playing someone who was completely fed up with Christians preaching at him every chance they get.
The director very clearly has no idea how movie-making works, and it will provide you and your "unsaved" friends 22 minutes of hilarity as you try to find every writing, lighting, directing, or acting error in this short. My personal favorites are,
1. The man whose entire job is selling fish sandwiches out of a not-up-to-code cooler out of the back of his truck in the middle of nowhere in summer in Hill Country Texas
2. The portrayal of Christians as MINORITIES in TEXAS.
3. The Roman soldiers who are on their way to kill Jesus stop the main character and are somehow, not only not alarmed by this giant piece of metal that is making a roaring noise he is sitting in, but also know how it works and know that they can take the key out of it to stop it.
There are plenty more errors but I think it's more fun if you watch for yourself and find them.
The only thing I will say that the movie does well is the score, The Composer (who is also the director, and writer) actually did a pretty good job on the score, and I could absolutely see it used in a great 80's B movie. The chase scene where the three stooges of the Roman Empire are chasing the main character actually has a decent feel of suspense thanks to the score. The director should've explored composing rather than directing, considering he's actually pretty good at one of them.
It is very clear that almost nobody, save for MAYBE the main character, was paid to make this, and was instead promised indulgences or a guarantee to heaven or some other scam so that the director/out-of-touch youth pastor can shill out this movie to unsuspecting Sunday school services.
I found myself relating to the main character quite a lot, not because I am a "sinful unsaved member of the masses" but because I found that the actor did an unironically amazing job at playing someone who was completely fed up with Christians preaching at him every chance they get.
The director very clearly has no idea how movie-making works, and it will provide you and your "unsaved" friends 22 minutes of hilarity as you try to find every writing, lighting, directing, or acting error in this short. My personal favorites are,
1. The man whose entire job is selling fish sandwiches out of a not-up-to-code cooler out of the back of his truck in the middle of nowhere in summer in Hill Country Texas
2. The portrayal of Christians as MINORITIES in TEXAS.
3. The Roman soldiers who are on their way to kill Jesus stop the main character and are somehow, not only not alarmed by this giant piece of metal that is making a roaring noise he is sitting in, but also know how it works and know that they can take the key out of it to stop it.
There are plenty more errors but I think it's more fun if you watch for yourself and find them.
The only thing I will say that the movie does well is the score, The Composer (who is also the director, and writer) actually did a pretty good job on the score, and I could absolutely see it used in a great 80's B movie. The chase scene where the three stooges of the Roman Empire are chasing the main character actually has a decent feel of suspense thanks to the score. The director should've explored composing rather than directing, considering he's actually pretty good at one of them.