Assassin 33 A.D. story
Assassin 33 A.D. is a 2020 Christian film written and directed by Jim Carroll. Synopsis: It is up to a plucky team of scientists to go back in time and prevent a terrorist plot to assassinate Jesus.
28 total · 15 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | The story explores the relationship between the skeptic Ram and his Christian girlfriend, Amy. |
| Christianity | major | The film tells a version of the Christ story involving time travelers and terrorists. |
| coping with a crisis of faith | major | Brandt lost his faith after his wife and two young daughters died in a car crash. But he got it back after a long string of events that included him shooting Jesus in the head. |
| coping with the death of one's entire family | major | A suicidal and sobbing Brandt pointedly grieved for his wife and two young daughters, the three of whom perished when the car Brandt himself was driving them in was t-boned by a dump truck. |
| faith vs. science | major | There was an ongoing debate between the skeptic Ram and his Christian girlfriend, Amy, over the truth/falsity of the Christian religion. |
| finding religion | major | The story built up to the skeptical nonbeliever Ram (in one of the various timelines) seeing the truth of Christianity in the moments before his death. |
| god and follower | major | One storyline follows Brandt as he engages in an angry personal dialogue with God over how God could have let Brandt's wife and two young daughters die in a car crash. |
| human self-sacrifice | major | Much was made of Jesus sacrificing himself on the cross to atone for the sins of humankind. |
| religious fundamentalism | major | The main antagonist Ahmed was part of a group of Islamic extremists that was plotting terrorists attacks, including, ultimately, the assassination of none other than Jesus of Nazareth. |
| romantic love | major | Ram and Amy hit it off and quickly became boyfriend and girlfriend. |