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End of the Spear (2005)

PG-13 10/24/2005 Adventure, Drama, History 1h 48m
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User
Score
6.8/10
42%
45/100

Dare to Make Contact

Overview

"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.

Bill Ewing

Writer

Jim Hanon

Director

Bart Gavigan

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Louie Leonardo

Louie Leonardo

Mincayani

Chad Allen

Chad Allen

Nate Saint / Steve Saint / Narrator

Jack Guzman

Jack Guzman

Kimo

Chase Ellison

Chase Ellison

Young Steve Saint

Sylvia Jefferies

Sylvia Jefferies

Barbara Youderian

Christina Souza

Christina Souza

Dayumae

Chemo Mepaquito

Chemo Mepaquito

Gikita

Ninabet Bedoya

Ninabet Bedoya

Gimade

Sara Kathryn Bakker

Sara Kathryn Bakker

Rachel Saint

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Media

End of the Spear - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on November 27, 2023

**_There’s more to life than rashly killing people with a spear_**

In 1956, several American missionaries deep in the Amazon basin try to contact the warring Waodani tribe, who live near the Curaray River in eastern Ecuador. Thirty-eight years later, the son of one of the missionaries goes back to the area to reacquaint with the people he met as a child.

“End of the Spear” (2005) is a drama with some thrills based on the true story. Movies with a similar milieu include “Fitzcarraldo,” “The Emerald Forest,” “At Play in the Fields of the Lord,” “Medicine Man” and “The Lost City of Z,” even “The Mosquito Coast.” Sure, this one is more ‘faith-based’ due to the subject matter, but the director lets the facts speak for themselves with no glossing over and...

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