Felix Manalo

As an exMember of this religious group (closer to a cult than anything), this movie was made only to boast of their money, prop up their current leader Eduardo Manalo, and function as a propagation tool to indoctrinate people.

Their record breaking numbers (Guinness Records) show their power of how they can manipulate/force/coerce their members to do what they will. Disguised as "giving God glory" in much the same way they manipulate the Philippine Government through bloc voting (forcing members to vote for the candidates who will grant them favor). When this launched in the USA, I remember our locale being obligated to rent a bus, and "sell out" the tickets even if people were not attending. We tried to even hand out tickets to people around the movie theater! No one wanted to watch this.

As a period piece, the set work and such were done well, but watching a film about some made-up bible hero was not fun.

If anything, this film's historical accuracy and inaccuracies poke more holes into the Iglesia Ni Cristo's fundamental doctrines about Felix Manalo being an Angel from God and the Last Messenger of God... which they use bible manipulation to insinuate this guy is greater than Jesus Christ.. and their current leader, Eduardo Manalo, is the most holiest and god-anointed person on the planet.

Recommend to watch it if you have questions about this religious group and then watch for how they manipulate the story and further manipulate them in your bible studies. 1 star cause that is the lowest it could go and do NOT recommend attempting to join this Filipino group. Zero stars.