Film Review – The Man from Rome

While the world waits for the James Bond franchise to restart, the producers of “The Man from Rome” would like to offer audiences some time with a different screen hero. He’s handsome, good with a gun and quick with his fists, and he travels around the globe looking for danger. He’s also a priest. The feature is an adaptation of a 1995 novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, which sends a man of God into the mystery of a dilapidated church that’s been the site of a few deaths, forcing the Vatican to investigate, sending one of their steeliest soldiers into battle against armed goons, corruption, and financial world vampires. If it reads exciting, it’s unfortunately not, with director Sergio Dow tasked with navigating a dramatic maze of motives and characters, and he takes his time doing it. “The Man from Rome” is meant to be a starter pistol for some type of franchise, with the material better suited for limited series form, as the mix of occasional action and lengthy stretches of exposition doesn’t blend easily here. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com