This is supposed to be a creative interpretation of Jesus' 40 days in the desert. If you didn't have subtitles on, as we did, you wouldn't know that it was supposed to be Yeshua, but they so noted, when he spoke.
Many aspects of the story troubled me as a Christian. Firstly, the devil is portrayed as an exact replica of Jesus, such that often, you could be confused as to which was speaking. Was the author trying to say that satan is just the "counterpart" of Jesus?
Then, the devil had nothing but bad things to say about God. In the real story, he merely repeated scripture-truthful statements-to Jesus, in his attempt to tempt Him to use His power to meet His own needs. Jesus defeated temptation due to His faithful devotion to His Father God. Instead, in this story, satan appears to know more about things than Jesus does, including Jesus' power to heal, etc, and has to be the one to tell Him. the devil also knows the future, which Jesus seemingly doesn't, cuz He asks him about the boy's future. The only success Jesus seems to have in the desert is to be able to take the boy to freedom and a future in the city; otherwise, under His watch, a man dies and a woman is left to die alone; this presumably is meant to portray Him as not much of a success, or very powerful. In the end, you got the impression that the whole thing-His life on earth-was futile. I really dislike all the disrespectful ways hollywood depicts Jesus; better to stick with just getting to know Him yourself.
Review of Last Days in the Desert
