Synopsis
An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....
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Cast
- Antonio BanderasFather Matt Gutierrez
- Olivia WilliamsSharon Golban
- Jason FlemyngFather Walter Winstead
- John ShrapnelMoshe Cohen
- Derek JacobiFather Lavelle
- Lillian LuxMother
- John WoodCardinal Pesci
- Makram J. KhouryNasir Hamid
- Vernon DobtcheffMonsignor
- Ian McNeiceDr. Sproul
Recommendations
- 70
New Times (L.A.)
It's a heartfelt and powerful examination of faith that no serious student or enthusiast of theology or philosophy should miss. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Gets off to a pretty intriguing start before degenerating into a series of routine action sequences. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
This cinematic stiff should have stayed buried. - 30
Village Voice
Indiana Jones has never been so missed, but instead this shaggy God story hones in on the faith dilemmas of Banderas and a sputtering Derek Jacobi, so Sunday-hammy you want to rivet him with cloves. - 25
New York Daily News
Just about every race and creed come off badly in this small-scale thriller. - 25
New York Post
Antonio Banderas is unintentionally hilarious as Father Matt Gutierrez, a sort of Jesuit James Bond. - 20
Variety
Has shown its true colors as less a serious religious-themed film than a moth-eaten tapestry of foreign intrigue and badly miscast international stars. - 20
The New York Times
If the film were a fight, they'd have stopped it.
