So What?

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2011)

For a movie produced in 2005, some crucially amazing editing choices were made which allowed for spectacular special effects. I was particularly blown away by the provocative depiction of hell and his anticipated offspring, Mammon. However, this film took too many creative liberties when illustrating Roman Catholic theonomy, it's almost as if God and Satan were card playing buddies and Jesus was nowhere to be found. Some of the religious context is so poorly represented that I had to chuckle a bit. We see multiple references to 'reverse baptisms', and demons pushing against the wombs of women. Jesus can be seen every two seconds on some form of cross, but his name wasn't mentioned favorably once. The stories plot ultimately says that God and Satan are running some sort of puppet show, negating Christian theology of Christ's death and resurrection. Additionally, Reeves objective was at sometimes unclear, especially when he attempts to portray and angst ridden hell-bound medium... he appears slightly goofy. After I saw the movie, I had to wonder, "What was the moral of the story? Did I just spend an hour and a half watching a series of incohesive events that lead to a conclusion that I already knew (suicide is bad)?" In end, I just chalked it up to a mediocre action film.