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Earlier today my husband and I ventured to see End of the Spear which starred Chad Allen. As I entered the theater I was hoping that the place would be so crowded that I couldn't find a seat, but unfortunately the theater was almost empty...and it remained about half empty when the movie began.

The movie began and I was enjoying the beautiful scenery in the opening scenes, as well as a brief introduction that was being narrated by Allen who played both Nate and Steve Saint. Allen played Nate as the father in the beginning of the film and then later had a beard as he depicted Steve for the remainer of the movie.

But I have to say that even though the story itself was inspiring, this film left me wanting to know more and unfortunately didn't deliver what I expected.

The majority of the movie was spear scenes where they were either talking about "spearing" someone, or learning about why they shouldn't. The gospel of Jesus Christ was presented in a manner that I think was way underdone and not really that evident unless you are already a follower of Christ and know that Jesus was the Son who died for your sins.

I think the movie would've been a lot more substantial if they depicted in more detail how the missionary widows engaged the tribe with the gospel and taught them more about Jesus, but instead all we see is one scene where the widows are talking to the base camp via radio and the camp telling them that they are being prayed for. This scene is surrounding an epidemic that had hit the tribe who the women were helping to cure with medicine and basic treatment.

The ending of the film was the best part of the movie - I cried and was genuinely touched by the final scene where Steve is taken to the place where his father is murdered and given the opportunity to kill the man that killed his father. Allen did an outstanding job depicting the heartbroken son and then offering forgiveness directly to the man who literally speared his father. That one scene itself was worth getting to even though much of the movie seemed repetitive.

The score was excellent, the acting from the main characters who depicted the tribe was very good and Chad Allen did a wonderful job playing the missionary and the son.

Overall I give the movie a B for good story, good morals and the redemptive message of forgiveness. Considering the budget for this film was only $10 million, Every Tribe Entertainment did a great job.

On a separate note, I would highly recommend Every Tribe's previous movie Beyond the Gates of Splendor which gives more of a background to the tribe in End of the Spear.