6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome movie!, November 8, 2008
This review is from: Spiritual Warriors (DVD)
"I recommend it with my eyes closed and my heart in my hand. 'SPIRITUAL
WARRIORS' is without a doubt a spiritual journey with God in our hearts."
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not very good, nor even inspiring, September 13, 2009
This review is from: Spiritual Warriors (DVD)
I loved the book 'spiritual warrior' by John Roger, but it's not a story, so I was curious how the movie would turn out. Well, badly. The book is just straight forward psychologically sound advice about how to live your life. The movie amateurishly filmed and unconvincing. And yes, it's fiction.
The start of the movie is boring. I read fragments of the book while glancing at the screen now and then. Then it becomes unbelievable. Then it picks up steam and gets decent. Still, I spent the last 10 minutes of the movie searching online for reviews, instead of watching the end. Tells you something, doesn't it? Weirdly enough: it's hard to find reviews even though google suggest knows the movie well enough to give you several suggestions. My guess is: it's probably because the movie is just so bad.
For most of the movie you think that this poor drug dealing guy Finn just gets lucky finding a spiritual teacher who lives in a mansion and helps him find his focus. The drug dealer who has him in a strangle hold dies off at the right moment, making it relatively easy for Finn to leave that life. Especially as the old spiritual teacher gets him to move in. There's a girlfriend who dies just as Finn realizes he loves her. There's a trip to Egypt where Finn gets initiated into the ancient mysteries. There's a scene where Finn fights the devil which is reminiscent of star wars. If at the end you're still watching, you find out that most of the movie was apparently a dream. And the only thing that's real is the therapist/devil with whom Finn has been talking.
The thing is: it doesn't hold together somehow. It just doesn't. And that's coming from someone who believes in reincarnation (big theme in the first half of the movie), initiations, astral travel etc.
I gave the movie two stars instead of one because if you do have the patience to sit through the first half, the second half did get me involved more. And let's face it, I did watch it till the end.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jsu Garcia reminds me of Tyrone Power, January 24, 2009
This review is from: Spiritual Warriors (DVD)
I like this film, the story will stay with you for a long time, very moving and the actors are very good. Jsu Garcia reminds me of Tyrone Power - (I am old generation!!!) The locations, Egypt, Syria, Israel and Jordan are exellent, you have the feeling you are there.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
Was this review helpful to you? Yes
No