Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Micitype Pretty Good

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

vikpk The movie will leave a deep mark in your memory. It is a story that is so dramatically different from today's Hollywood exploitation of spirituality (and I mean the dark side of it - zombies, vampires, slasher maniacs and so on ridiculous entertainment brainwashing). Yet it's spiritual message is so naturally intertwined with the story that one cannot but take it in. Sacrifice, power, murder, forgiveness, and even angels, are all part of the story. The events themselves are true outside the dramatization for the purpose of the film. The Christian element of the film was toned down, however. It was clear that the story is about Christian missionaries but I am not sure how many viewers who are not familiar with Christiantity and missionary work would really grasp many of the choices of the characters in the story. This is a must see film for those who appreciate cinematography of depth and purposeful story-telling. It is also a story about the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ and God's grace, although the filmmakers shied away from making such a necessary statement when one depicts the life of Christian missionaries.

charlytully Am I somehow dissing END OF THE SPEAR by comparing it to Mel Gibson's 2006 Mayan period piece? No. But the DVD for SPEAR defaults to showing the movie WITH NO SUBTITLES for HALF of the dialog--that is, none of the native Waodani language or Spanish exchanges are translated in any way. Sure, it is made clear in the English passages that the speakers are missionaries or related to missionaries, BUT they could just as easily be representatives for Amway as for any specific Christian belief system. Since I stuck to the default version of this film the first time through, I was struck by how non-religious it seemed to be (I had heard it was supposed to be some sort of Christian-themed movie).After rewatching SPEAR with the English subtitles turned "on" (which put a typescript of ALL of the dialog, plus most of the sound effects, in the black letter-boxing below the picture; oddly, some "native language" passages were left untranslated--I presume these were inadvertent ad-libs in the local Panamanian dialect native to the majority of cast members playing people indigenous to the Ecuadoran rain forest), it turns out BOTH the Waodani religion and basic Christianity are emphasized as much as one would expect from a Christian-financed "inspirational" film. Given that the actual motivation for most of the killings in this movie also is indecipherable without the subtitles, it is extremely odd that the DVD producers were not sophisticated enough about how things actually work to default this movie to be watchable ONLY AFTER the user is forced to choose a subtitle or no-subtitle option. (If a movie begins in one's native tongue--in my case, English--and the watcher views 10 minutes of film before untranslated passages start popping up with increasing frequency, it will NOT always be convenient to find the remote, turn on the lights, and start fiddling with buttons to see if subtitles can be found for the mystery dialog!)That being said, this movie is a worthwhile presentation of what can be seen as altruistic behavior on the part of the missionaries to ease the already disastrous early contacts between the remote natives and Industrial Agers inexorably moving into their territory. Never in the history of humanity has a "national park" successfully been set aside to allow an indigenous people to remain "uncontaminated" by outside influences, and for a decade or two it has been doubtful any "pure" innocents of modern culture remain. There certainly is something to be said in favor of those who use pacifism in lieu of suicide bombers in their "conversion" efforts.

arun-ladoo Where can I start...Oh yes the dialogue...the narrator resorted to lines such as "the tribe has lived here since the beginning of time", and the missionary father says to sun with reference to the distance the earth is to the sun.."you know that's only a fraction of the amount I love you" - ah yes it's bad. The historical/anthropological aspects of the film are decent but I don't know how much to believe yet and clearly the missionary enterprise can only bring good to the "natives"- I say that with a volumes of sarcasm. The ending is somewhat lackluster and is suspect for Christian propaganda. This film is really not worth watching, in fact I would rather spend the time viewing cheese filled 80s flick - certainly a more useful use of my time. Common people if you give this film a decent rating the standards have certainly gone down Sorry to the missionaries out there....

MLDinTN then this is one movie to watch. It's not just some candy fluff with a lot of explosions. It's based on a true story and actually has a message. A group of missionaries land their plane to greet some natives known for their killing. They want to teach them white men aren't bad and to be peaceful. Things go bad and the natives spear the men. Instead of being angry and wanting to avenge the murders, the wives of the murdered men try to make peace again by going to live with the natives. There is a native girl, sister to the leader, who grew up with the white men. She is able to translate. The final drama involves the leader telling the son of one of the missionaries he murdered his father. It's quite powerful.FINAL VERDICT: It is different, it delivers a message. I think it is worth seeing.