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The Final Inquiry | 
| Director: Guilio Base
Actors: Daniele Liotti, Dolph Lundgren, M?nica Cruz, Hristo Shopov, Christo Jivkov
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 25939
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 112 Minutes
ASIN: B0012F0S36
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 2007
Release Date: November 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
The Roman Emporer sends a soldier to Jerusalem to investigate the death and possible resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. During his investigation, the soldier falls in love with a beautiful Israeli woman whose mother was killed over her forbidden romance with a Roman. Ultimately, he comes to understand the power of Christ's teachings. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Well made movie aimed mostly to Christian viewers February 16, 2008
NoWireHangers (Sweden)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
After mysterious events following the crucifixion of Jesus, Roman emperor Tiberius (Max von Sydow) sends Tito Valerio Tauro (Daniele Lotti) to investigate the supposed resurrection of Jesus. He doesn't get much cooperation from Pontius Pilate (Hristo Shopov, who also played Pilate in "The Passion of the Christ"). He comes in contact with some of Jesus's followers and notice how faithful and peaceful they are.
The movie is well filmed (except for a few rather bad battle and fight sequences) and has a good cast. Dolph Lundgren plays Tauro's assistant/bodyguard. It is nice to see him in a different type of role but his character is a bit underdeveloped. Only towards the end of the movie do we get to know him slightly better. It would have been nice to see more of the interaction between him and Tauro throughout the movie. Vincenzo Bocciarelli, whom I've never heard of before, plays a gorgeous (and somewhat campy) Caligula and manages to steal his scenes from Max von Sydow. F. Murray Abraham also appears in a minor character.
The movie has a clear pro-Christian message and your appreciation of the movie will depend on your religious views. Personally I found the message in the ending to be a bit overstated (albeit expected). Recommended to fans of the stars, Christian viewers and fans of historical movies set in Jerusalem or the Roman Empire in general.
 Not passionate about this passion play March 22, 2008
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Seeing that it's Easter and all, I thought I'd have a look at this Italian movie about the resurrection of Christ, but unfortunately, it seems to have lost something in translation.
Told from the perspective of a Roman envoy working for Emperor Tiberius, the movie follows him on his mission to find out whether the whole resurrection thing is a scam, or whether the Emperor can gain some insights into the next life. Ominous rumblings from the sky, an eclipse and an earthquake indicate that something major has occurred, and the Emperor's enquiring mind wants to know.
The problem with this movie is that the dubbing is bad, giving the dreaded Kung-Fu movie out of sync effect, the acting is worse, and the special effects are way below the standard to which we have now become accustomed. This one compares to those really old passion play movies, except the old ones had better acting, or maybe a History Channel feature.
Put it this way- in a movie with F. Murray Abraham and Max von Sydow, Dolph Lundgren gives the best performance. Nuff said.
Short Attention Span Summary (SASS)
1. Short attention spans don't get past the first earthquake
2. You can predict the ending anyway
Amanda Richards, March 22, 2008
A run-of-the-mill Biblical story with some highlights March 9, 2008
z hayes (plano,texas)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
'The Final Inquiry" is an Italian film that was made in English, but got dubbed over again [to cover the accents I presume] and is set during the Roman Empire, circa 33 AD. A series of earthquakes on a particular day that is felt around the world sets the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar [Max Von Sydow] to command one of his tribunes Titus Valerius Taurus [Daniel Loggia] to go to Jerusalem, where the Emperor believes the crucifixion of a certain Jesus from the province of Judea and the resurrection rumors surrounding him is reponsible for the events.
Tribune Titus goes off to Jerusalem with a slave captured in fighting, a germanic warrior Brixas [Dolph Lundgren] and they encounter a group of people called the Nazarenes, who carry on the teachings of Jesus, in spite of persecution. They also meet Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who finds Titus' inquiry into the whereabouts of Jesus' body a threat to his authority.
Besides the search for answers as to how Jesus died, and what happened to his body afterwards, and the greater question of whether he was truly resurrected [Pilate and the Pharisees go to great lengths to try and disprove the resurrection theory], the other main plot centers around the romance that develops between Titus and a Nazarene, Tabitha and their love story holds the film together. Their chemistry is palbable [yes, its a Biblical story, yet the interplay of dialogue and emotion between these two is credibly done]. Titus finds himself drawn, despite his skepticism, to the noble manner in which the Nazarenes carry themselves, and a tragedy followed by a miracle causes him to question his own lack of faith.
Though this is not "The Greatest Story Ever Told", it is a decently-made Biblical movie. The sets are quite convincing [I think the movie itself was shot in Tunisia] and the acting, though far from great, is credible. Dolph Lundgren as the slave warrior is quite convincing in his role, and the actors portraying Titus and Tabitha are credible too, as is the actor playing Pontius Pilate [who also portrayed pilate in The Passion of Christ]. For a hammy performance, look out for the actor portraying Caligula.
Final verdict - a pleasantly watchable Biblical movie, but if your expectations are high, you may want to skip this one.
 Dolph Lungren steals the show!! February 28, 2008
Shiloh Kremer
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Final Inquiry was released in 2006 in Italy. It is only recently being released in the U.S. The cast, which includes Hristo Shopov as Pontius Pilate, Daniele Lioti as Tito Valerio (Lungren's master) Monica Cruz as Tabitha, and Vincenzo Bocciarelli as Caligola is convincing and very interesting to watch. However, Dolph Lungren (Brixos) once again steals the spotlight as a Hun turned into a Roman slave after he is captured.
The movie begins when an earthquake and solar eclips occur at the same time. Tito Valerio (Romes greatest general) is sent to investigate a possibe ressurection of Jesus Christ.
Dolph is 50 (at the time of this review in 2008). He still has youthful looks with a cut and muscular physique. His massive frame makes him the perfect candidate for the role of Brixos. It is refresshing to see Lungren explore different types of acting roles with different types of images.
Don't miss this movie!! The cast is great, the script is great, and my man Dolph Lungren is amazing!! I rate this movie with 5 stars!!
great movie December 19, 2007
S. Mayer (uk)
6 out of 20 found this review helpful
what a movie and some great actors in it aswell dolph lundgren plays a great role well done son u gota get this movie the fight scene is exellent
well done 20th cent fox .
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