Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)

I'm very critical of faith based films. This movie is the best one I've ever seen. A truly powerful and realistic depiction of Paul's impact on a horribly persecuted church in Rome. Go see it.

Fmovies: This film will be helpful for a young person to hold in their heart and help guide them through the challenges of adolescence and beyond. This film helps get at what it truly is to be Christian. I would have benefited much as a young person -- and indeed will as an adult -- from seeing the stories of the Bible played in the rich context of reality; Paul, the Apostle of Christ provides an historical and moving account of some events the faithful have long been trying to imagine and makes sense of.

Writer and director Andrew Hyatt provides families a thoughtful and meaningful window into the experiences of the young and fragile Christian community in Nero's Rome. There is particular focus on Paul's reflections in his final days, Luke's accounting of Paul's acts as dictated from Paul's prison cell, and the difficult decisions faced by the community in Rome.

There is a good deal of violence. However, the violence is portrayed in ways that are important for the viewer to understand the experiences of Paul and the other disciples in Rome. Indeed, Paul's life was a very violent one, both by him and toward him. This film powerfully exudes truth and challenges the viewer.

The film serves well to provide viewers, young and old, an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a Christian and whether one is living in a way that speaks to Christ's example and words. One is provided a helpful view into how early Christians in Rome likely navigate the hopes and fears they understandably experienced, especially under Nero. While life in Western societies need not bring about the same fear of physical threat, we ought to reexamine whether we would stand by our faith in a climate of evil and death.

I saw this movie today and thought it was good, with excellent acting, and location (filmed in Malta which was the place of one of Paul's journeys). The movie doesn't sugar coat the persecution the Christians of that era had to endure, shirk away from divisions within the early church community or difficult questions being asked by those living in those times. The story line drags in a few places but for the most part it is a movie worth seeing in a theater.

I saw a 5pm show and sadly there were only about 10 people at the most there, so hopefully more will attend future screenings.

Paul, Apostle of Christ fmovies. This is an important film. It is the Bible come to life, accurately, and brutally. It speaks of hope, love, redemption, grace, and godliness. In Paul's writings, he paints a clear portrait of a Christ-follower and constantly reminds us why we do what we do. Jim Caviezel is brilliant as Luke, and it's hard not to see him as the Jesus he portrayed in "The Passion of the Christ". This actually works, because it is a subtle reminder of the unseen center of the story...Jesus. James Faulkner is exactly who you picture as Paul. His portrayal was spot on. The Bible does not address the end of Paul's life, but history does. This movie tells "the rest of the story" and in doing so, answers the persistent question "if God loves you, why does He let you suffer?". Read Luke and Acts to learn more. I encourage everyone to go see it to support a good film ...and to stir your soul.

This movie has Paul in prison for the second time, in a Roman pit of misery. He is often beaten, often wondering what God's plan is. Yet, he is convinced that he is where the Lord wants him to be. Paul's life reminds us that the early church suffered much for the sake of the Gospel. Why would these men and women risk their lives for "fake news"? They would not. It was because the Son of Man came, lived and died to be resurrected after 3 days and is now seated at the right hand of the Father that Paul, Luke and others risked their lives.. Paul's life was totally given over to proclaiming this Good News. "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Philippians 1: 21. Wonderful movie, filled with GOOD NEWS!!!

As a christian, I totally recommend this movie for people who read Paul's letter and know about his life with the early christians communities. The screenplay was well written and was faithful to the scripture, which makes the movie a great witness to the life of Paul who changed after the apparition of Christ to him when he was on the way to persecute believers in the middle east.