Hero: The Rock Opera

I saw this production when it was on tour with a couple friends of mine. I had high hopes because some of Christian music industries best known artists were in it. I wasn't disappointed in the least. Michael Tait, Rebecca St. James, Mark Stewart, et all were in fine form. The story was well done, written by Eddie DeGarmo and Bob Farell, both did a great job bring a new spin on a tale as old as time. There was an almost comic book spin on the story, calling Jesus Hero. The production used many elements to tell the story, and the DVD quality is just as high. Filmed while the production was on tour, you don't miss out on what the audience saw in the theater. You are there with them. The music was all original songs, performed by some of the best singers and rappers that came out of CCM industry. A must see for anyone whether they are a a fan of the artists or not.

After you make it past the opening scene where a rapper (not Tait) does his ...ummm... best... at trying to sing, everything else gets good enough to make up for it! Tait gives an emotion-filled performance as a modern-day savior, and the rest of the cast, notably Rebecca St. James and the singer portraying Hero's mother, do an excellent job as well. Singing, break dancing, T-Bone barreling into a pain-filled rap pleading for Hero to save his dying daughter, Rebecca St. James as a prostitute leaving the streets to follow Hero along with Mark Stuart, the tension mounting as the leaders of the one-world-government-supported religion realize their grip on the people is weakening with Hero gaining the people's admiration and trust... You have to wonder if Hero will lead the people in an uprising against the Internation Convederation of Nations (ICON) or if he will be crushed like all the other revolutionaries before him....