Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)

The story covers Paul going from the most infamous persecutor of Christians to Jesus Christ's most influential apostle.

Director:

Andrew Hyatt

Writers:

Terence Berden, Andrew Hyatt

Stars:

Jim Caviezel, James Faulkner, Olivier Martinez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Caviezel	...	Luke
James Faulkner	...	Paul
Olivier Martinez	...	Mauritius
Joanne Whalley	...	Priscilla
John Lynch	...	Aquila
Yorgos Karamihos	...	Saul of Tarsus
Antonia Campbell-Hughes	...	Irenica
Alessandro Sperduti	...	Cassius
Alexandra Vino	...	Octavia
Manuel Cauchi	...	Ananias
Noah Huntley	...	Publius
Kenneth Spiteri	...	Eubulus
Anthony Edridge	...	Severus
André Agius	...	Stephen
John-Paul Pace	...	Christian Man

Storyline

Roma, 67 AD. After the great fire that burnt great part of the city, Emperor Nero points Paul, Jesus' apostle, as guilty of the fire, arresting him and taking him to Mamertine Prison. There prefect Mauritius struggles between his daughter Caelia, who suffers an unknown disease, and his job as warden of the prison commanded by own Nero, that he is considers as a failure on his military carrier. Despite the risks for the Christians, physician and medicine man Luke arrives Roma from Greek Islands to find Paul, living in the house of Aquila and Priscilla, two former Romans turned in Christians that they use their home as shelter for others Roman Christians to save them from Nero's soldiers, who kill all Christians they find, torturing and using them as human candles to light Roma's streets at night. After realizing that Paul is in Mamertine, Luke get access to the jail and he meets Paul, who accepts Luke's request to tell his biography to be known before he is executed by Nero, writing it...

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Plot Keywords:

1st century | roman empire | roman emperor | nero | christianity | 

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Taglines:

Their Faith Challenged an Empire.

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violent content and disturbing images

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pablo, el apóstol de Cristo

Filming Locations:

Malta

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,172,585, 25 March 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$17,098,225, 24 April 2018

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,731,761, 16 April 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Affirm Films, Outside Da Box

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is the second time Jim Caviezel performs as a Biblical person. The first time was in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004) where he performed as Jesus of Nazareth.

User Reviews

Good Movie, Recommend Seeing

I saw this movie today and thought it was good, with excellent acting, and location (filmed in Malta which was the place of one of Paul's journeys). The movie doesn't sugar coat the persecution the Christians of that era had to endure, shirk away from divisions within the early church community or difficult questions being asked by those living in those times. The story line drags in a few places but for the most part it is a movie worth seeing in a theater.

I saw a 5pm show and sadly there were only about 10 people at the most there, so hopefully more will attend future screenings.