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Der Schrei der schwarzen Wölfe (1972)
Beautiful cinematography sums it up!
Very inspiring because the good guy wins! Crime doesn't pay! Everybody needs a hero and Tarzan comes through once again in the wilds of Alaska!!! Four stars seems a bit generous but we enjoyed the laughs and the cliffhanger, tension filled moments!!! What better entertainment can you find in Ukraine on a Saturday night? This is a MUST SEE if you love Louis Lamour novels!!! What can I say? The hero gave the little boy Jimmy good moral direction and valued human life. Men are men and women are women and boys will be boys when it comes to fighting. And THESE men don't share sleeping bags. But that is another story better left untold. The name of this movie is forgettable!
End of the Spear (2005)
A MUST see movie, you know what I'm talking about
If you love flying, excellent cinematography, missions, South America or anything having to do with Elisabeth Elliot, then this is the movie to attend. Instead of the "un"usual fare that Hollywood promotes, I KNOW you know what I'm talking about.
Okay, so it is a PG-13 movie yet shows violence and partial nudity. (I would not necessarily take my 8-year-old nephew unless he was properly informed about the norms of other cultures living so close to the equator) Nevertheless, this movie shows how uninformed and superstitious these tribal people in Ecuador were and trying to live off the tropical land was particularly arduous. Thankfully, 50 years ago missionaries felt called to go to them to reach into their darkness. Apparently, there was a 60% mortality rate because they killed each other even in their own tribe and not just warring with their neighbors. No grandfathers, in this particular tribe, had existed for as long as they kept history. Becoming extinct was their future not because of infiltration of white man, but because of the brutality against each other. When the Christian message finally penetrated this darkness, thanks to these fearless missionaries, there was peace at last. The thought by the main character had been, you have to be fierce and savage in order to cross the Great Boa (Amazon River) otherwise you become weak and die as a termite.
The main point of the story is about redemption, forgiveness and Christ's love for us. The film does not use the word "Jesus" (in fact, much of what you hear is a tribal tongue with English subtitles) and they don't quote any Bible verses either. However, you see how the "end" of the spear really means a time to quit devouring each other with hate and superstition and to embrace God's love in order to pass to the other side of the Great Boa (or heaven in our vernacular).
This movie from start to finish has been artfully done. If you go to see it, watch at the beginning for a river delta that really looks like "The End of the Spear." (use your imagination, perhaps) This true story is based on the Saints account of this "tragedy" where Nate Saint's son Steve and his family return to Ecuador in 1995 to be missionaries to the tribe who killed his father. They are "saints" to bring love full circle to the very people who tore up his family. As the credits are rolling by at the end, there are funny clips with Steve Saint talking and spending time with the very man who killed his father.