i must have seen a different film!!

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

hyped garbage

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Clavius (Joseph Fiennes) is a Roman military Tribune in 33 AD Judea. He puts down a rebellion by Barabbas. After the latest crucifixion, rumors spread that a man named Yeshua (Cliff Curtis) is set to rise again. Pilate (Peter Firth) assigns Clavius and his aide Lucius (Tom Felton) the task of investigating the impossible tale.It's always nice to take a different spin on familiar iconic stories. This is one of the most iconic. It starts with Barabbas as a heroic rebel leader. While that's part of Biblical tradition, I like more the other interpretation of him as a lowly murderous bandit. It just makes the injustice of the pardon greater. The heroic version irked me while watching this. There are bits of good biblical yarn. It's not anything earth shattering. It's a nice and easy religious film.

I, like you, have likely watched so many films on the resurrection of our Lord Jesus. And so many have been left wanting. Risen is no different except to observe that it fills in many personal blanks left out of most other efforts.I will just summarize instead of waxing. This film is superb in most ways! It is touching to submit a hardened Roman Tribune; at the crucifixion and death of Jesus, entwined within a struggle of Roman power and his sword obedience and his personal experience and therefore his undeniable belief. What would you do? You supervise the brutal execution of an enemy of the state, and then witness the same man alive beyond a shadow of a doubt. You can never, ever... argue with a man that has had an experience. And that man cannot successfully argue with himself to an untrue conclusion.This film screams... "Jesus Christ has risen from the dead!" Which is the only truth that separates Christianity from every other religion. Oh, but they "stole the body"...! From the Roman government. A sealed tomb. Guards present and subjected to death if they failed in their duty to stand guard at the tomb. Not rational or likely. All of this is well addressed and noted.The inaccuracy most observed in this film is when Jesus ascends to heaven at the conclusion movie. This didn't happen at the sea of Galilee, or where the film placed it, but on the Mount of Olives. Just outside Jerusalem.But still I can imagine when Jesus ascended it wasn't this floaty, clean, nice, peaceful experience....... but I would like to think that when our Lord ascended it cleared the sinuses of anyone within and 10 KM radius. Love the blast wave! :0)I am not much of a reviewer, but really did enjoy this film. And it touched me! As He has always!

I saw the title and it interested me. I read several reviews which were conflicting so I decided to watch the movie. The first hour seems as if it could have been something that happened after the Resurrection but at about the 1 hour to 1 hour ten minutes it changes to something that was impossible according to scripture. I found it strange that the movie was made in the USA but people have English accents as well as Irish and Scottish accents. The person they chose to play Jesus just looks like an average vagrant and nothing like any picture anyone has seen. actually thought it was a British movie when I heard the people speak but according to IMDb it is an American movie. For a B movie it is okay, I just wish they would not indulge themselves to make it look like a Roman protected the Disciples.

It upsets me that this because of its subject matter did not bring the attention to Rafe Fiennes that he deserves. He is just simply brilliant as Clavius. I have watched certain scenes over and over - I am an acting teacher and director - and the authenticity and precision of Fiennes acting in this role is exemplary. He deserves a much greater stardom. His brother is a stunning actor but Joseph Fiennes is better.