Risen

I’m really bad about keeping track of what movies are coming out and I just now found out about the movie, “Risen”. I’m not sure if it’s something a lot of people are talking about now or not but I just watched the trailer for the first time and it does intrigue me.

The story follows the Resurrection of Jesus Christ told from the perspective of a non-believer. A powerful roman soldier by the name of Clavius, along with his aide Lucius, are given the assignment of finding out what exactly happened to Jesus following His death.

Roman soldiers were ordered to guard the tomb where Jesus was buried but three days later, the tomb was found to be empty, which forced the Clavius and Lucius to investigate rumors that Jesus had in fact come back to life. Clavius then begins to wonder if Jesus is in fact the Messiah and considers that he just might by the way, the truth and the life.

Clavius is played by Joseph Fiennes while Lucius is played by Tom Felton. Cliff Curtis plays the role of Jesus. Pontius Pilate is played by Peter Firth and Maria Botto plays Mary Magdalene, just to name a few.

The movie is slated to hit the big screen Feb. 19.