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Feb 16, 2018 · The average Christian who is familiar with Samson’s life will recognize many of the scenes in this movie as directly paralleling the Bible account. The film opens with the famous Nazarite already full-grown, choosing not to include his miraculous birth to a barren woman.
- Action Bible Biography Drama
- 2018
- 1 hr. 50 min.
Generally speaking, Christian characters in Christian films seem to be saints in comparison to the non-believing characters. Too bad it reeks as bad as Samson’s lion carcass, shattering the audience’s suspension of disbelief.
- Samson An Odd Hero For A Family-Friendly Flick
- Taylor James Is Jason Momoa Light
- Trying to Make Delilah Sympathetic
- The Book Was Better
- The Bad Guys Give The Movie A Pulse
- Where Is Cecil B. Demille When We Need him?
- Samson: Conclusion
The character of Samson is an odd choice for this type of vehicle to begin with. He appears in two chapters of the Old Testament Book of Judges, a blood-drenched document which contains some of the oldest writing in the Bible. It’s also not remotely politically correct or family-friendly. Samson was also an incorrigible horndog who patronized prost...
Ironically, James played an Atlantean in Justice League.One can’t help feeling that he was cast at least partially because of a superficial resemblance to big screen Aquaman Jason Momoa in some of his publicity shots. He has, however, none of Momoa’s brooding intensity or sheer, intimidating physicality. And although he does periodically manage a w...
As with Samson himself, the overwrought screenplay is determined to make Delilah more sympathetic than the Book of Judges makes her. It is almost traditional in film adaptations of the story to have Delilah fall in love with Samson and regret her collusion with the Philistine authorities. There is no Biblical basis for this, other than the single s...
The screenplay, by Jason Baumgardner, Galen Gilbert, Timothy Ratajczak and Zac Smith, is oddly unfaithful to the biblical narrative and makes a ton of rookie mistakes. And in fact the credits do not even contain a “based on” credit for The Bible or the Book of Judges. A disclaimer wedged into the end credits does state that the movie is based on th...
More forgivable are the additions of Billy Zane and movie co-producer Jackson Rathbone as psycho father and son Philistine rulers. Movies benefit from a running antagonist for the hero, and Zane and Rathbone are about the only things that give this talky, plodding Sunday School lesson a pulse. As your basic guyliner-wearing, sociopathic Philistine ...
The entire exercise will make viewers old enough to remember Cecil B. DeMille miss him dreadfully. DeMille was often castigated for bad taste, emphasizing size over substance, and putting too much sex and violence in his movies. Guilty. But he did, as Bob Hope once remarked, bring something new to movies: customers. And to be fair, when it came to ...
Aimed squarely at Christian audiences looking for inspirational family entertainment, Samsonis a preachy and plodding drama that’s light on excitement, action or any real sense of spirituality. Ironically, it’s likely to be most admired by those who haven’t read the source material. What do you think? Is SAMSON a fresh, family-friendly Biblical epi...
Feb 17, 2018 · Pure Flix Entertainment released the Bible epic "Samson" in theaters Friday and lead actor Taylor James says that along with being inspired by his role, he began a Christian practice that he plans to take with him on other Hollywood movie sets.
Feb 22, 2018 · Wagner plays Zealphonis in new Christian drama "Samson," which was released in theaters on Friday. In a recent interview with Fox News, the Hollywood star revealed why it was an immediate "yes" for her to take on a role in a faith-based film.
Feb 16, 2018 · 5 min read. “Samson,” the latest cinematic incarnation of the famous Biblical story, is a film that frankly wants to come across as a tribute to the big religious epics that Hollywood cranked out during the ‘50s and ‘60s.
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Samson is a Biblical drama that ironically appears to have been made by Philistines. The movie treats Samson as if he was an Israelite version of Hercules (which he may have very well been); sadly, the only Hercules director Bruce Macdonald seems to knows of is Kevin Sorbo's in The Legendary Journeys — to the point of giving him his own ...
