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End of the Spear

2005 108 min ★ 6.2 Adventure, Drama, History

"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.

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Cast

Louie Leonardo

Mincayani

Chad Allen

Nate Saint / Steve Saint / Narrator

Jack Guzman

Kimo

Chase Ellison

Young Steve Saint

Sylvia Jefferies

Barbara Youderian

Christina Souza

Dayumae

Chemo Mepaquito

Gikita

Ninabet Bedoya

Gimade

Sara Kathryn Bakker

Rachel Saint

Cara Stoner

Marj Saint

Details

Director

Jim Hanon

Tagline

"Dare to Make Contact"

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$12,128,105

Production

Bearing Fruit Entertainment, Every Tribe Entertainment, Toy Gun Films

Reviews

Wuchak

November 27, 2023

★ 7/10

**_There’s more to life than rashly killing people with a spear_** In 1956, several American missionaries deep in the Amazon basin try to contact the warring Waodani tribe, who live near the Curaray River in eastern Ecuador. Thirty-eight years later, the son of one of the missionaries goes back to the area to reacquaint with the people he met as a child. “End of the Spear” (2005) is a drama...