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Most time travel movies focus on peeping at future advancements or jetting back in time to fix a boo-boo, save a life, personal to the traveler never screwing with the course of Christianity. Assassin 33 A.D. introduces us to Brandt (Donny Boaz), a former U.S. assassin who is quickly turned into a bitter Christian and angry alcoholic after losing his wife and two children in a car accident. He has been hired by Ahmed (Gerardo Davila), bigwig of a research company, as their security leader; however, when the team of young research scientists figure out time travel, Brandt also figures out that Ahmed plans on using his security team to hijack their time travel machine and change the destiny of Christianity.
We find out Ahmed’s parents were once Muslim but converted to Christianity; they were martyred for their faith. Ahmed wants to remain a devout radical Muslim who travels back in time to save his parents’ lives but also discredit Jesus as the Messiah.
It’s up to the young research team to take back their time travel invention and warn Jesus of Ahmed’s attack before history changes Christianity forever.
Assassin 33 A.D. shows redemption through character’s lives: skeptics become believers, wandering Christians find their way back home.
However, this film does introduce the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ; yet many elements contradict well-accepted biblically-based theology. For example: assassins shoot all of the disciples and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane during one scene but don’t worry! Jesus gets brought back with time travel! (Sorry if I spoiled it.) This idea that man can take Christ’s life contradicts John 10:18 (ESV) which says: “No one takes [my life] from me, but I lay it down myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
Also, the idea that Jesus needs to be saved, warned, protected, etc., by man suggests His power as God in the flesh; not to mention it denies John 1:1 (ESV), which says: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Outside of theological issues, there is a good amount of violence throughout this movie. Although blood and gore are not extreme or constant throughout this film (and aren’t the point of it either), with a title like Assassin 33 A.D., people should expect guns being shot and used to kill individuals. Throughout this film people are also stabbed and Tazed. As much as violence is a heavy theme in this movie; researchers who are boyfriend/girlfriend find room to make out multiple times.
Assassin 33 A.D. is creative in how they present their story of The Gospel but that creativity bashes against the authority of Jesus too hard; for someone who has recently become Christian or someone who is seeking Christianity’s meaning this movie could be damaging and shake foundational principles that make Christianity so beautiful.
This film is Not Dove approved due to theological confusion and biblical contradictories.
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