Review by Lastsunofkrypton

I have viewed every film on the life of Christ, from foreign to Hollywood.i will begin by saying that i saw this film as a kid and i despised it and had nightmares about it. Now that i have viewed again i despise it even more. My biggest complain is Chris Sarandon. Was the budget that low that the director couldn't hire at least a semi descent looking Jesus? Physically he is grotesque looking and i doubt anyone would want to have that face in mind when praying. His acting is so mediocre and he does not display any internal strength,let alone divine paternity. After seeing the first 5 minutes why would anyone listen to any word this Jesus would say more so follow him thru the rouged lands. In this film Jesus is a helpless pawn of the roman government and religious leaders. He is treated with such ridicule and mr sarandons so poorly displays a character that has no divinity and is just a pathetic loser awaiting his death. Physically he is horrible, with an afro to make don king jealous, lousy voice and a eyes resembling more of a cynical psycho than the son of God. By the way the sets and location are the remaining film sets and costumes of the excellent and best biblical film ever"Jesus of Nazareth"directed by Franco Zefirelli. Both JON and "The Passion of the Christ" (another of my favourites) directed by Mel Gibson had Jesus be completely divine while human. In those films Christ strength is his divinity, he is the king of kings and even in his suffering he is still in control as of the prophecy. The producers of this film obviously didn't believe that JC rose from the dead and end the film as Jesus is defeated by being nailed to the cross and the frame freezes. I do not recommend this film to anyone. Worthless waste of time.