
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waorani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waorani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.... (Full plot summary below)
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"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waorani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waorani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.
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| About.comFred TopelEven if it polarizes viewers in the beginning, we can come to appreciate how the tribes and the missionaries' families found piece, which is the closest a second hand account can come to giving us a similar experience. |
| culturevulture.netLes WrightThe vision and values the film celebrates are at such odds with the reality it has refashioned as a breathless melodrama, it is hard to not give in to temptation and poke fun at its unintentional camp. |
| Christian Science MonitorStephen HumphriesThough the final steps in Mincayani's awakening are crudely sketched, the film's conclusion will stir even the nondevout. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyFilmmakers don't need stories with a religious agenda any more than they need ones with an irreligious one. They don't need stories with any agenda, frankly. They just need good stories. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyA squeaky-clean family of missionaries lives out their fantasy of "saving" a violent tribe of Ecuadorian jungle natives in this virulently wrong-headed movie. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA crowd-pleasing entertainment based on the true story of missionaries who ultimately persuaded an indigenous tribe in the Ecuador jungles to stop spearing one another. |
| New TimesLuke Y. ThompsonJim Hanon has made this movie before, as the documentary Beyond the Gates of Splendor. It was a better film |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelJames D. DavisA nuanced, occasionally beautiful work, though not flawless. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...explores the cost of revenge-taking and the cyclical escalation of violence with a sober probity |
| CNNRadioPaul ChambersUnmoving story of white missionaries trying to save the poor indigenous people of Ecuador. Paul Chambers, CNN. |