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‘Last Days’ Has No Motivation for Martyrdom
The new movie from director Justin Lim portrays its missionary subject sympathetically. But it doesn't understand ...
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Missionary biopic ‘Last Days’ is a malformed tale of Asian American identity
In 2018, Evangelical missionary John Allen Chau made global headlines when he was killed while trying to spread Christianity to the North Sentinelese—an uncontacted tribe off the eastern Indian ...
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'Last Days' is a cautionary tale of evangelism — and screenwriting — gone wrong
The verse came to mind as I watched Justin Lin's "Last Days," a dramatic retelling of the life of missionary John Allen Chau, who was killed in 2018 while proselytizing the inhabitants of a North ...
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Last Days Review: Justin Lin’s Adaptation Of A Missionary Tragedy Left Me Torn Between Faith & Justice
In late 2018, the story of an American evangelical Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, took the world by storm when a visit to North Sentinel Island left him for dead. Last Daysis as ...
Justin Lin to helm Keanu Reeves' comic book movie adaptation BRZRKR for Netflix
He might have been confirmed to be out of action as John Wick, but Keanu Reeves has found a new hero to snap, shoot, and stab ...
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‘Last Days' Review: Most Faith-Based Movies Intend to Inspire, but Justin Lin's Indie Return Cautions Fanatics
You've seen it so often, you might roll your eyes, but in "Last Days," it really happens: American missionary John Allen Chau might have died as he approached North Sentinel Island, had the Bible ...
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Sundance movie review: 'Last Days' a respectful portrayal of a missionary's death
PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 28 (UPI) --Last Days, which premiered Tuesday at the Sundance Film Festival, is a respectful dramatization of the events that led to John Allen Chau's death on North Sentinel ...