Pleasantly surprised by Heretic!

A bit late in capturing this but highly recommend Hugh Grant's latest movie called 'Heretic'. 

On the face of it, is a survival horror-thriller. But actually is an excellent exposition of religion. A multi-layered discussion on the evolution of religion (especially monotheistic ones), and the concepts of 'belief' and 'disbelief'.

Unfortunately, as is the fate of many good movies, the makers were clearly stumped as to how to create a befitting climax to their intelligently-crafted movie - the last 20 or so minutes are disappointingly silly. But the performances are superb. And the narrative is well-paced. And there is the added bonus of watching Hugh Grant in a departure from his well-worn bumbling upper-class Englishman roles!

And well worth watching as opposed to, say, Gladiator 2 which made me both laugh and cry but not the way the film-makers would have wanted me to. Terrible performance, non-existent story and screenplay, and laughable historicity.

(Pic credit - internet)