Luke risks his life to visit Paul in a Roman prison, where the apostle awaits execution under Nero. As Paul reflects on his past and the Christian community faces persecution, Luke resolves to record the story of the early church.
"Where sin abounds... grace abounds more"
Top Billed Cast
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
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
T tmdb28039023Verified TMDB Critic
2022-09-09
Can you be said to lead by example when the example is spurious? Paul, Apostle of Christ is the early Christianity 'success story' of the conversion of Mauritius Gallas (Olivier Martinez), Commander of the Third Legion of Rome, and Prefect of the Mamertine Prison.
Actually, I’m not even sure Mauritius officially converted; he certainly formed a better opinion of Christians after Saint Luke cured his daughter of an indeterminate disease. I guess the filmmakers deserve some credit for not presenting this as a miracle (Luke saves the little girl’s life through his medical knowledge), but i...
F Filipe Manuel NetoVerified TMDB Critic
2024-04-02
**An excessively preachy film, aimed at more devout audiences.**
It really costs being a historian when we feel like watching a film based on historical facts. We never manage to take off our academic attire and enjoy it, we see errors and inaccuracies where no one sees anything special. And this is tiring. When the film has a biblical theme, things tend to get worse. And what we have here is one of the weakest biblical films I've seen in a long time.
Based on solid material extracted from Paul's letters and the book of the Acts of the Apostles, the film seeks to show us a little of Paul...
