The Passion of the Christ (2004 movie) Brief Film Review

The Passion of the Christ (2004 movie) Brief Film Review

The Passion of the Christ was a 2004 film directed by Mel Gibson, renowned Hollywood actor and film director. This film is historically known as one of Mel Gibson’s most major career achievements. With a studio budget of $30 million for the making of the movie, the completed movie earned a whopping $612 million are the box office, according to Wikipedia. The movie, The Passion of The Christ reflects on primarily the last twelve hours before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

The actor Jim Caviezel plays the role of Jesus Christ in the movie. The movie depicts many events including Jesus Christ’s prayers at the garden of Gethsemane and his being taunted by the devil / demonic entities.
There are some gross examples of an evil entity with a snake crawling out of the nose for example. The entity is curious and intrigued with a “Who is your Father?” line of questioning as Jesus Christ son of God is seen praying to God the Father. Additionally, the movie depicts The Last Supper (Holy Thursday) and the events of the day of the crucifixion (Good Friday).

This movie The Passion of The Christ is considered an epic one of its time. For the year 2004, this movie was groundbreaking in cinematography, special effects and thematic elements among examples.
Many of the actors and actresses that participated in the making of the film The Passion of the Christ spoke of the profound effects that the film had on them. The movie actually brought about conversion of some people. Some participants in the movie became Christians when they were not Christians before.
For Christians, the movie, The Passion of the Christ is graphically illustrative. There are disturbing scenes depicting the scourge of Jesus Christ. Whipped, beaten, flogged with skin tearing open and relentless bleeding, Jesus Christ was tortured tremendously, severely scourged even before having to carry the cross and being nailed to the cross for the crucifixion.

Betrayed by Judas for some silver coins, Jesus is captured / arrested and He is mourned for His enormous suffering by Mary, His mother and his loyal apostles. Mary is constantly there to comfort Him and wipe away his blood with cloths. Depicted in the movie, some of the cloths are provided to her by the wife of Pontius Pilate.
Many Christians watching the film The Passion of the Christ have been moved not just to tears but to hysterical tears by the depiction of the magnitude of the torture and brutality that the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ endured to suffer and then die on the cross for the sins of humanity.

This movie is so violent and so bloody but it really get the message across. With today being Ash Wednesday 2019 (March 6th), this movie is a good one to remind potential audiences of for the Lenten season.
During Lent last year, I purchased this movie DVD from amazon.com and viewed it for the first time since I first saw it in the movie theater in the year 2004, the year of its release. Besides for the unpleasant reminder of just how gory this movie is, it also invites one to reflect deeply.

The movie The Passion of The Christ also depicts the quaking of the ground and the forces of nature that are unleashed as Jesus Christ expires on the cross upon saying that He gives His spirit into the hands of God, His Father.
The very last scene of the movie The Passion of The Christ shows the hole (from the nail) in the hand of the resurrected Christ as he is about to miraculously walk out of the tomb having risen from the dead.
If you should happen to purchase The Passion of the Christ movie DVD to own and add to your collection, you probably will not be able to stomach watching it very often but it will be valuable to watch now and again, occasionally, perhaps especially during Lent before Easter approaches.