Unbearably violence and gory and bordering on sadistic fetishism, it is more graphic than a slasher movie, yet shot with a beatific beauty. Little time is spent on his teachings the film is dedicated to revealing the trial of his suffering in graphic detail, which Gibson apparently finds more important than Christ’s lessons and philosophy. Taking the Gospels as his source, Gibson creates his own cinematic version of the Passion Play, with James Caviezel as the tormented but unbending Jesus and Monica Bellucci as a vision of grace as the Magdalene. But those wanting to revisit the original will have plenty of opportunities to stream it this weekend, whether it be through Vudu or through Amazon Prime, which charges a fee to rent.The Passion of the Christ (2004), Mel Gibson’s passionate, personal, and visceral take on the final twelve hours of Christ’s life on Earth is, in its own way, as controversial as Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation of Christ. Still, you have to admire the actor’s confidence.Īt this point, it looks like The Passion of the Christ 2 still has a long way to go before it makes it to the silver screen.
This is definitely a bold claim on Caviezel’s part, which was unlikely then but even more unlikely now following the release of Avengers: Endgame. In 2018, the actor not only promised that Gibson would make the film, but he also declared that it would become the biggest movie in history.
It also sounds like Jim Caviezel is game for reprising his titular role for a second film. Randall Wallace, who penned the script for Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, was revealed to be working on a screenplay for a sequel to The Passion of the Christ in 2016. In the years following the film’s release, Mel Gibson has expressed interest in producing a sequel that would focus on the resurrection of Jesus.
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