'R' for redemptive

It is too bad that To End All Wars came out before The Passion of the Christ | Gene Edward Veith

It is too bad that To End All Wars came out before The Passion of the Christ. Mel Gibson's movie broke through two barriers: getting an independently produced film widely distributed in the nation's movie theaters, and getting Christians to attend an R-rated movie.

The Passion was a high-quality, sophisticated work of art that held nothing back in its depiction of the Christian faith, to the point of being shocking. The same can be said of To End All Wars, but it did it first. After being shown sporadically in selected theaters, but without winning national distribution, To End All Wars is being released on video and DVD on June 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Finally, it will be widely available.

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June 19, 2004, Vol. 19, No. 24

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