Brief moments of embracing and platonic kissing are seen. Sexual Content: A woman is accused of adultery. Other explicit violence and disturbing images are shown briefly. Characters are covered in bloody injuries. Bloody streaks are shown on the walls of a prison. After being arrested, a man is beaten, shackled, spit upon, pushed and bruised before being lashed. A man involved in sword practice has his chest sliced. A child is crushed and killed when soldiers push a cart off the roadway.
Blood is shown when an animal has its neck slit. Blood sprays across the screen when one sword is withdrawn from the victim. Violence: Romans, dispatched to stop a Jewish uprising, beat, kick and kill people. Why is Son of God rated PG-13? Son of God is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense and bloody depiction of The Crucifixion, and for some sequences of violence. Starring Roma Downey, Diogo Morgado, Louise Delamere, Amber Rose Revah. And in an era when we seem bent on worshipping flawed heroes, it can be a spiritual respite to retell the story of one who spent his life preaching peace and performing miracles. However for Christians this movie is a recognition that the religiously minded go to movies too. Will the Son of God make a believer out of skeptics and cynics? Likely not. Roman soldiers also employ brutal tactics to quell uprisings among the Jewish populace. Streaks of red are seen on the wall of a prison. Other characters are beaten, bruised and stabbed with swords. Blood oozes from his mouth, and courses down his face from cuts caused by the crown of thorns. His body is covered with bloody lacerations after a lashing. While many scenes of the miracles could easily be shown in a Sunday School class, the depiction of Jesus’ arrest, scourging and crucifixion become increasingly graphic and gruesome. (The actors’ teeth may be a little too white, but there is grit on their faces and under their fingernails.) (Frankly I’ve had enough tortured protagonists for a while.) And although Morgado may not offer the most compelling depiction of Jesus, this film rehearses the events of his life and ministry with stunning visuals of the landscape and a sense of the time. That lack of passion, particularly when he overturns the moneychangers’ tables in the temple, may be a problem for some viewers who want a more emotionally wrought character.
Morgado’s portrayal of Christ is much gentler than many we’ve seen on screen. Both Schiller and Hicks give convincing portrayals of men motivated by politics, whether in the Jewish temple or Roman palace. The cast is made up largely of lesser-known actors including Diogo Morgado as Jesus, Adrian Schiller as the Jewish high priest Caiaphas and Greg Hicks as Pilate.
JESUS OF NAZARETH MOVIE IN SPANISH TV
The film, a project of reality TV producer Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, sticks closely to the book it is based on. It then segues into the New Testament with the birth of Jesus in a lowly stable, skips a few decades and then resumes with the calling of the apostles Peter (Darwin Shaw), John (Sebastian Knapp), Matthew (Said Bey) and others.įor anyone familiar with the Bible, there won’t be any surprises. The film begins with a quick review of Old Testament stories like the parting of the Red Sea, Noah (who is the title subject of another movie releasing in 2014, with Russell Crowe in the lead) and David and Goliath.