Film Review – The Carpenter’s Son

Nicolas Cage in a biblical film? I mean, why not at this point. However, the workaholic star isn’t going the usual route to heavenly wonders in “The Carpenter’s Son,” which is a take on Jesus-adjacent happenings from the “apocryphal gospels,” giving the production an alternate path to take when dealing with known elements of Christian storytelling. Cage doesn’t hold back in the feature, offering his usual intensity for writer/director Lotfy Nathan, who’s genuinely trying to reach some intriguing moments of darkness for the effort, which, at times, almost plays like a horror movie. “The Carpenter’s Son” is moody and contains a few interesting visuals tied to the spread of evil in the area. Nathan can’t quite find a gripping final act for the film, but there’s a noticeable effort to offer something different and perhaps disturbing, tapping into parental and faith-based fears as he attempts to conjure a nightmare. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com