Mystery of the Kingdom of God
Andrew is chosen by God and is called out of his mischievous childhood to partake in the kingdom of God. Andrew must go through trials, tests, and spiritual warfare, before the mystery of the kingdom of God is finally revealed to him.
- Released: 2021-03-26
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Genre: Animation, Family
- Stars: Adam Smit
- Director: Adam Smit
Comments
- thplatypus - 2 April 2021
Incompetent Filmmaking on Every Level
Incompetent filmmaking on every level, and something you should only watch for the unintended humor (it's a good laugh with friends). There is so much wrong with this film, but let's cast our first stone at the voice acting. Adam Smit lends his muddled, passionless voice to every character: male or female, human or demon, white or... not white. Why couldn't Smit call upon friends, or even one woman, to record dialogue? We may never know. Proper enunciation with a decent mic at a proper recording distance could have made this film 12x better, and it still would be the worst thing I've seen all year.
What should be the most embarrassing aspect of this film is its unapologetic piousness. Smit (and presumably writer Jenny Chen) are so consumed by their particular lunatic brand of Christianity that they don't realize how absurd and disjointed these ideas sound to an outsider. The main character, Andrew (which Smit pronounces "ON-drew"), gets a special mission from God when some other guy named Eric squanders his chosen spot in heaven. Andrew has to navigate the influence of demons and call upon Jesus to help usher in the events of Revelation and deal justice upon an unrepentant world. Presumably the goal is to proselytize, but there is nothing in this caricatured patois of angels, exorcisms, glossolalia and magic spells that even remotely connects with real life. Bible verses are referenced without explanation or flashed on- and offscreen before you can read them.
What's going on from scene to scene is anyone's guess. The fragmented plot makes haphazard, indecipherable jumps. People are talking together in a room in Africa, then one of them suddenly appears on a boat, and then he's on an island, and then he's talking to Jesus in heaven. The characters are ciphers, with no likable or memorable attributes or meaningful conversations. The music is almost nonexistent and played too softly when played at all. I feel bad picking on the animation: you know some poor outsource studio was doing its darndest to make something impressive, but they failed, too. It's the kind of film you watch thinking the entire time: "How did this even get made?"
