RISEN is the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius (Tom Felton), are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus (Cliff Curtis) in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.

 Actors: Cliff Curtis, Tom Felton, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Firth, Leonor Watling
Directors: Kevin Reynolds
Producers: Mickey Liddell, Patrick Aiello, Pete Shilaimon
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: French, Spanish, English
Dubbed: French, Spanish
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Audio Description: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: May 24, 2016
Digital Copy Expiration Date: December 31, 2019
Run Time: 108 minutes

DOVE REVIEW:

Sex: Innuendos about a woman who is portrayed as having been a prostitute.
Language: H (as a biblical place)-1; Fanatics-1
Violence: Several bloody battle and crucifixion scenes, including sword fights, spearing, rocks thrown at people; arrows hitting people, and people shown dead on the battlefield; man stabbed in head; man on cross with spear graphically thrust in his side; the sound of men's legs being broken; corpses with holes and blood; discolored corpses; blood on men's faces and other parts of their bodies; man's leg is slashed with a sword and blood is visible; blood on man's arm; slashing sounds; blood on loin cloths and on burial cloth; holes in man's hand and side; stitches on dead man's face, and a coin is placed in his mouth; a man is struck with a stick.
Drugs: The drinking of wine in several scenes.
Nudity: Shirtless men and men in loin cloths; men bathe in pool.
Other: A Roman prays to a small god; the mention of other gods; tension between characters; man spits a few times.