—1. Overview
—2. Cast and Crew
—3. Photo Pages
—4. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—5. Posters
—6. Production Notes (pdf)
—7. Spiritual Connections
—8. Presentation Downloads

THOUGHTS FROM
DARREL MANSON

While there are many ways of looking at this film (and as I said at the start, many things I’m still trying to figure out), it clearly shows the need for people to acknowledge, confess and seek forgiveness for sins in order to be able to move on in their lives. Mike, while trying to cover up the crime, was stuck in the world he had built for himself. It was a world in which there was no joy.

When Pete first kidnaps Mike for this journey, it is with the idea of bringing some justice to the situation. None of the officials seemed to care. Only Pete would hold Mike accountable for what he did. But in the process, that justice is seen not only in the retribution that Pete heaps on Mike, but also in the grace and forgiveness that comes though the ordeal.

In a sense, Mike ends up in that final grave along with Melquiades’s body. He is no longer the arrogant and angry man that cared so little about anyone. Instead, he has an opportunity for newness. There is the chance for resurrection – for Mike to live again after coming so close to death.
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