Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Wonderfully offbeat film!

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

This is a great documentary, about a great story everyone should hear. I first saw a shorter documentary about this story in 2001. I was in Ecuador on a mission trip. We did not go into the jungle, we were doing more urban missions in Quito and Calderon, but the missionary who we worked with does go into the jungle to the tribes. He showed us the shorter documentary. I have always thought highly of these people who gave there lives in the name of spreading God's Word, and their family members who risked their own lives, and turned the other cheek, and reached out to the killers. It never ceases to amaze me how violence and revenge totally controlled the Alca's society. This film is a great informational resource not only about what happened, but also as an insight to the people themselves. It gives a back story of the couples involved, and of the Alcas involved. If anyone is hesitant about following God's call, and leaving their comfort zone, this is a great story to inspire you, of people who truly served God with their all.

This documentary is not a sermon--it is about Christians living out their faith. For those that complain about the politically correct approach to the documentary, I'd have to disagree. The faith of those involved is self-evident by their actions.We sometimes forget all but one of the original 12 disciples was martyred for their faith--and even then John barely escaped a pot of boiling oil.The wives of the men slain could have easily--many would have said should--walked away from the Waodani. Instead, they stayed and they've returned with subsequent generations of the same families. Over the years they all had contact with and spent many months in the Waodani villages, among the same men who had killed their husbands. Their children--the grand-children of the men who were killed--now call the man who killed their natural grandfather grandfather. It is truly amazing.One of the most compelling statements made in the movie was that of one of the children of the men slain--she wanted to be baptized in a place and among people that meant the most to her. She was baptized by the same men who killed her father, in the same river her father's body was dumped. If this is not a statement on the power of forgiveness, nothing is.The men who first approached the Waodani and paid the ultimate price said a very simple thing when asked why they shouldn't bring guns "just in case." Because they were ready to go to heaven and the Waodani were not. These were men who lived their faith, simply, easily, and actively. This is a superb document to not only their living faith, but that of their wives and family who are also living it out, not by slamming Christianity in our faces, but by living as Christ did--by relationship and teaching.

I went to see Steven Curtis Chapman in concert. I discovered there would be a film shown during the concert. This is not what I had envisioned, when going to a concert. "A movie"? "I didn't pay money for a movie, not tonight at least." The film which turned out to be Beyond The Gates Of Spldor, put me to tears. If you have ever had a tough time forgiving someone for an incident that happened in your past, please watch this movie.Steve Saint and Mincaye were there and walked on stage right after the film was shown, a standing ovation was given.Four years later I see the DVD for sale at a video store.I didn't even think twice about dropping $20.00 for this. It is a must have, and I am proud to own it.

**This critique contains spoilers**I saw this film two days ago, and was absolutely blown away! What an amazing story!! And the courage it must have taken for the wives of the murdered missionaries to befriend their husbands' attackers. And then, the fact that their children came to grow up with the same people, that takes some serious faith! I would definitely recommend this to anyone, Christians and non-Christians alike. It is a great story about overcoming the boundaries that separate people, and about learning to forgive others, no matter what they've done to you. *Tissue Alert*You might wanna bring some Kleenex* The story is very intense, and quite touching.