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payoff is slow, you'll need patience
by Joseph (movies profile)
Jun 1, 2007
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40 people found this review helpful
Good, though I must admit I wasn't convinced of that at times during the film. Certainly meets, and exceeds, its attempts at creepiness.
The film jumps around, but it needed to to keep the confusion, or should that read suspense? The idea is certainly to keep you either off guard or guessing as they work the tale.
The images and effects portraying the 10 Plagues were well done and spaced well so it was all loaded into one portion of the film. I did feel it moved slow in a few parts, and again, I certainly didn't appreciate the jumping around while it was going on, but understand it was the best method for them to provide storyline information without spending a large chunk of time it might have taken to do chronologically.
Film addresses the "skeptic" aspects, though I'd always understood the explanation to include Anthrax. Despite peoples thoughts automatically turning to Anthrax as a terror tool, humankind did NOT create the substance, just made a more lethal weapons grade version of the naturally occurring substance. Anthrax would explain the Red of the water, death of the fish, contamination of the food supply effecting other aspects of the "10 Plagues" including the Boils. However, just because a Miracle has a potential scientific causality, does not mean it is not a Miracle. Conversely, just because a Miracle has no ready method of debunking, does not ensure it is a true Miracle. That is why it is Faith, or lack thereof, and it taints objectivity in either direction.
Not great, but meets my level of expectation out of this type of film.
I wonder when part II will be out?
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