Centurion A.D.

My buddy Eric shared this with me and I thank him! Yes, it's a low budget film with non-'Alist' actors. I consider it to be a Christian film with a great message. It's probably not for those under 15, as there is an adult theme but clean language and action. (Best of all, no one smokes-a personal pet peeve! ;) But one must be impressed with Brian Reed Garvin's first, full length film. He wrote, directed, starred, etc.. The cast were all more than adequate and some were quite good. The dialogue was weak in a few places but overall a good story. Even the special effects were decent-not cheesy! The only real issue I have is most non Roman Catholics don't carry rosaries so why would Rev. Mason? And the King James is NOT the 'best translation' of the Holy Bible; the Coptic is with the Greek second.

Centurion AD was a real pleasure to watch! It really pulled me in and I just loved the characters! Katherine Randolph plays a young lady named Kim, who has a hard time believing all that is taking place. Which I think many of us can associate with. Then, I just loved Martin Horsey who played Basil, he was a lot of fun to watch and was a wonderful touch of comic relief. The character of Archer Stone is played by Brian Garvin who was just perfect. This role is one Brian Garvin should be truly proud of. You could tell Brian was very comfortable in this role, he was just Magnificent! I was astonished to see Brian also wrote and directed this film. Excellent work!

If the story and the characters are not enough, the special effects have a real wow factor! To see masterfully done effects, that actually have a purpose in the story, added to the story and provided a really good punch at the end of the film!

Honestly, you must see this film.

Prime Video seems to have acquired rights for a bunch of christian sci-fi movies recently, this being probably the most confusing, poor made, full of religious nonsense and with less actual sci-fi of them all (at least I hope so).

The fun part is that, while the others are also boring, this one is so bad is good.

The complete nonsense feeling is even improved in the italian version (which has original audio and italian subtitles): they are so poorly translated that the dialogues make no sense at all in lots of parts.

One of the best: you know that "bike" can both mean "bicycle" and the fuel-propelled thing. Well, at one point, an actor is looking to another one riding a motorbyke and in italian he asks: "are you into bicycles?" "yes, they have two wheels and an engine, what's the problem?"

without hilarious italian subtitles, this would be a 2, but it gains a whole point more with them.

I really enjoyed this movie. It is suspenseful and thought-provoking. I felt drawn into it from beginning to end. I like how it combines the centurion's Roman past, particularly his role in the death of Christ, with the action of the present. The film deals with issues of faith sensitively and believably, which is unusual.

When I look at the budget for this film, I am amazed that it could have been produced with such high quality. The acting is very good, and other aspects of the production came together very well.

I love how this film treats the mystery of the main character who shows up at the beginning on the black motorcycle and starts changing people's lives. Is he a good guy? A bad guy? Why is the FBI after him? Where did he come from, and what does he plan to do next? It takes the entire film to answer these questions, but it is a memorable ride.

I was really impressed with this film. This is an intense fun family oriented film that grabs you from the opening scene. Katherine Randolph is really good, very believable, extremely easy on the eyes, and a fun character to watch. I also really liked that Martin Horsey guy who played the preacher, very funny. And I got a kick out of the FBI stuff, and the double talking silliness of that Agent Rinaldi. Although... my hat goes off to the Director Brian Garvin who pulled this thing together and had the tenacity to finish it. I read that it took 14 months to film and another year in post. Great job!

Why can't we see more films like this? It's fun, has a good story edge for a faith based film, and really paid off in the end! I'd pay $15 to see this. Best of all, I could associate with the characters. There was a lot said that I've heard myself saying and questioning. This film is a really good story that kept my attention for the entire time. Wonder if anyone has thought of making this into a series, I would totally watch it!