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[Director] Hanon seems more interested in exploiting his setting's lush green beauty than exploring the psyches of his bland Bible-thumpers.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
End of the Spear
Dare to Make Contact
2005 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by
Jim Hanon
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End of the Spear
Overview
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.
Director and cast
- Jim Hanon Director
- Louie Leonardo as Mincayani
- Chad Allen as Nate Saint / Steve Saint / Narrator
- Jack Guzman as Kimo
- Chase Ellison as Young Steve Saint
- Sylvia Jefferies as Barbara Youderian
- Christina Souza as Dayumae
- Chemo Mepaquito as Gikita
- Ninabet Bedoya as Gimade
- Sara Kathryn Bakker as Rachel Saint
- Cara Stoner as Marj Saint
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
42%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Although the film invests time among the tribesmen, it never really explores the idea that one man's missionary work is another's ideological aggression. And the movie is tentative, dramatically speaking.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
Too bad this sincere but inept movie doesn't do justice to any of the real people whose powerful story it tells.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
This is a movie -- albeit one with a great, gripping story -- shot through with meaningful glances, middling performances and melodramatic music cues. Pity.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
What does hold back this terrifically detailed and often-entertaining effort are the limitations of the script and uneven acting.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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