Saulo: A Jornada para Damasco

The motif is its profound honesty. the courage to be more than a religious film in the frame of pietism but one about discover of truth, fear and faith. its realism is one of great good points. the decent performances, the smart script, the accuracy, the costumes and dialogues are more than interesting but parts of proposition to build a Biblical film not only for a precise target. Saul of Kyle Schmid is a nice surprise. and the force of image and story are the solid pillars of this real special film about the change of world.

One can read a number of books in a genre called Biblical fiction. Some of those are quite good. This would be Biblical fiction for the movies. There are a few of those around already, "Barabbas", "Quo Vadis", "The Robe", perhaps "Ben Hur". Obviously, some of these are highly acclaimed movies. So, understanding, this is not a directly Biblical account of Saul/Paul, I find the subject matter wanting and coming up a bit short. There was a sincere attempt to tie things together in this ambitious work. Maybe this is too much of an action flick and a tad too fanciful in the plot.

"Paul, Apostle of Christ" with James Faulkner and Jim Caviezel or."The Apostle Peter: Redemption" seem to meet the challenge though, are far from perfect as well.

The film is good but I'm addressing previous critiques here. Saul/Paul played a major role in the life of so many or most Christians today. Without Paul, there wouldn't be a lot of books in the Bible. It's still disputed which ones were written by whom. The Butcher only led Saul to need Jesus and therefore become Paul. What the story told was true enough to make the point and touch a soul.

The story is from the Bible and I've never seen details on Saul's life as Saul before Jesus rescued him. Prove me wrong, but the Butcher is never mentioned anyway.

I thought it was well played but you should give credit to all the actors and staff.

How can you even hear the voices with all the stupid music playing all the time? I wanted to watch this but would have to on subtitles due to the stupid music.

So much accuracy traded for dramatic effect when it is not necessary. The story has its own drama without having to resort to fictionalization.