Plot Summary
Samson was a troubled man who God used to punish the Philistines. Samson was supposed to be set apart from his people, but he did not always obey the guidelines God laid out for him. He became involved with women who dragged him down and eventually met his destruction at the hands of his enemies, but not before God gave him one last chance to deal a blow to the evil Philistine people.
Production Quality (-3 points)
This rendition of Samson is among the worst productions we have ever witnessed, rivaled only by Final: The Rapture, David and Goliath, and My Refuge. It utilizes the worst possible sets, locations, and props that look like they are in somebody’s backyard using everyday items from Walmart. The scenes are full of shadows and the worst lighting imaginable, a rare production fail we have only witnessed in this film. The filters are randomly black and white, but then again, it could just be the medieval lighting. Besides these blatantly obvious missteps, there are a myriad of other issues that time does not permit full discussion on, such as the blurry video quality and the extremely overdriven audio quality, which includes stupid sound effects. It goes without saying that the editing is notorious as well. In short, it’s unbelievable that this movie even exists in this form.
Plot and Storyline Quality (0 points)
Since this ‘plot’ is framed as a children’s bedtime story, it’s very unusual to choose the story of Samson for this venue. Parts of it obviously have to be whitewashed, but this story sometimes doesn’t care that it’s twisting or adding things to the historical account, while other times it makes a big deal about not doing this. Regardless, the portrayal of Samson is bizarre, even though he was likely an eccentric person. Yet nothing makes any sense in this film, and there are no attempts to make the characters seem even the least bit realistic. The story jumps all over the place and pauses for important interludes such as power outages in the present-day storyline. But in the end, this plot really has nothing to offer.
Acting Quality (-1 points)
As if the rest of this movie wasn’t bad enough, this is one of the worst casts we have ever witnessed, and is right on the level of Fathers, if not worse. These cast members don’t appear to have any idea what they are doing and some of them seem like they are being taken advantage of. There is nothing whatsoever positive to even mention about this entire film.
Conclusion
This film is so bad that even the reviewers at Christian Film Database, who rarely criticize anything, frown upon this version of the story of Samson. It’s presented in the worst possible packaging you can ever imagine; you seriously have to try hard to make a production this bad. Thus, this entire experience is either a total joke or an example of sheer incompetence. There’s really nothing else to say.
Final Rating: -4 out of 10 points
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