...believed its depiction of Jesus Christ's crucifixion was relentlessly, shockingly bloody. Gibson, the director, producer and co-writer, explains in a video introduction on the film's Web site that he was flooded with responses to "The...

...the film is frightening - not for its dogma, but for the relentlessness of its brutality. Gibson, as director, producer and co-writer, is fetishistic in his depiction of the pain Jesus suffered during the last 12 hours of his life. The...