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Watch: Samson 2018 123movies, Full Movie Online – A Hebrew with an unusual gift of strength must respond properly to the call of God on his life in order to lead his people out of enslavement. After his youthful ambition leads to a tragic marriage, his acts of revenge thrust him into direct conflict with the Philistine Army. As his brother mounts a tribal rebellion, only Samson’s (Taylor James’) relationship with a Philistine seductress and his final surrender – to the Philistines and to God – turns imprisonment and blindness into final victory..
Plot: After losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with Supernatural strength defends his people, sacrificing everything to avenge his love, his people, and his God.
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	4.4/10 Votes: 4,643
	25% | RottenTomatoes
	17/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 193 Popularity: 54.861 | TMDB

Reviews:

Samson is a Biblical drama that ironically appears to have been made by Philistines. The movie treats Samson as if he was an Israelite version of Hercules (which he may have very well been); sadly, the only Hercules director Bruce Macdonald seems to knows of is Kevin Sorbo’s in The Legendary Journeys — to the point of giving him his own Iolaus (though Iolaus at least had an equivalent in Greek mythology).

The year is “1170 BC” in “ancient Israel”. I think the date alone would be enough to clue us in that we’re not in ‘modern’ Israel; on the other hand, considering that the establishing shot of “Israel” is a computer-generated image, perhaps the clarification is not as useless as it seems.

We meet Samson (Taylor James) and his heretofore unheard of younger brother Caleb (Greg Kriek) stealing corn; caught in the act, they both flee from Philistine soldiers who, for some reason, stop chasing them once Samson and Caleb pass through the city gates — unfortunately, the film fails to have a Philistine soldier tell another: “Forget it, Jacob. It’s Chinatown” (not as far-fetched as you may think; later there will be a direct reference to the Avengers’ Hulk).

“Whispers of a Hebrew with great strength” reach the ears of the Philistine prince Rallah (Jackson Rathbone); he doesn’t take them too seriously, but his father, King Balek (Billy Zane), orders him to investigate further, something Rallah does with no little reluctance (to paraphrase Iznogoud, Rallah wants to be King in place of the King). Rallah, listen to your friend Billy Zane, he’s a cool dude.

Rallah recruits a Philistine giant (who calls the God of the Hebrews a “puny god”) to defeat Samson; Samson gets his ass handed to him at first, but when the Lord fills him with His spirit, Samson hulks up (that’s a reference to the other Hulk, mind you) and soon has the giant saying ‘no más, no más’.

From here on out the plot sticks more or less faithfully to the biblical account, with a small but peculiar departure wherein Samson has to be tricked into visiting a brothel; the Book of Judges says begs to differ, though: “Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.”

Anyway, Samson is anointed Judge and travels to the Philistine capital to negotiate peace with Balek; his conditions are “reduce the tribute, return the harvest that is rightfully ours [or else] you will face the wrath of God.”

In the film’s best line, Zane replies, with all the considerable sarcasm he can muster, “So you threaten me with natural phenomena, freakish acts, and the weather.” Ha! In your face Samson! It almost makes me forget that Balek and Rallah are just as imaginary as Caleb-Iolaus — not that Samson or Delilah are historical figures, but almost; their story is so well known that you don’t have to know your Bible to realize that this Samson is as much a caricature as the Simpsons’ version of David and Goliath.

A strong contender for most poorly edited movie I’ve ever seen. Flies in the face of reason that this ever had a theatrical run.

_Final rating:★ – Of no value. Avoid at all costs._

Better than I expected, Worse than I hoped
Honestly, I was surprised that I enjoyed Samson more than I thought I would. I went into this movie knowing almost nothing about it and when I saw that it had been created by Pureflix my heart sank a little. The best they can do is OK and the worst…

Well, anyways, the acting was OK. There will be no Oscars handed out for these roles, but it wasn’t so bad as to be distracting… most of the time. The scenes and backdrop were beautiful. It almost makes me want to get on a plane and visit South Africa. The fight scenes were not all that impressive. When Samson picked up the jawbone to kill one thousand men… I kid you not, I laughed the whole way through that bit.

Like I said, overall it was not really all that bad for a Christian film. What truly bothered me far more than the production value of this film was the way they warped the message in an attempt to add spiritual value. If you look at the Biblical account of Samson he was not a good man. Delilah was definitely not a good woman, and yet in order to make this movie more appealing to their target Evangelical audience (of which I am a part), this film comes off making both decent, or at worst Byronic, heroes. Rather than creating a Biblically sound movie, the end result is more of an apologetic for Calvin’s just war theory.

Don’t Mess With Samson
(Flash Review)

This is the story of a large and jolly big galoot who has the eye for the ladies and a heart for God. The Philistines were adversaries of the Israeli people; who Samson was part of. It is written he killed a lion with his bare hands, killed 1,000 Philistines with the jaw bone of an animal, ripped a castle door off its hinges yet was tricked by Delilah to telling her the secret of his immense strength. Watch how this biblical story plays out with plenty of action. This was at okay movie. They put the CGI bench warmers in the game yet the actors performed admirably and Samson was easy to root for. The tone of the movie was lighthearted but at times it shouldn’t have been. Not sure how biblically accurate it is but it did showcase the significant moments.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 4873825
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Action, Drama
Director Bruce Macdonald, Gabriel Sabloff
Writer Jason Baumgardner, Zach Smith, Galen Gilbert
Actors Taylor James, Billy Zane, Lindsay Wagner
Country South Africa, United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

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Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
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