What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?What would Jesus do if he returned to Earth and discovered he could no longer relate to the youth of today?
- Awards
- 2 wins
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHas over 40 speaking roles and over 30 locations, including Times Square.
- Quotes
Jesus/Ultrachrist!: The crucifix is the symbol of Christianity? I HATED the crucifix! OUCH!
- Crazy credits"Enthusiastic Thank Yous" to, among others, "Alex Dorn for the 'that's allotta stigmata' line" and "The NYPD for mostly leaving us alone"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Body/Antibody (2007)
- SoundtracksA New Pro-Sex Kinda Savior
Lyrics by Kerry Douglas Dye
Music by James Ruchala & Sarah Alden
Performed by James Ruchala, Sarah Alden, Jason Cypher, Andy Nelson and Jonathan C. Green
Featured review
Super-low budget, but super-big laughs ...
Whoa, this movie looks cheap. It looks like it was shot on the streets of New York City with nothing but $14 and a silver superhero suit. The good news is, it's pretty funny. A few sidesplitters, and solid chuckles up until the end, which is utterly hilarious.
The premise is that Jesus comes back to Earth in the modern day and finds he's a bit of a freak. He meets a seamstress and has her make him a superhero costume so he'll be able to relate. Then the Antichrist (who's the NYC Parks Commissioner, for some reason), resurrects the greatest sinners in history to fight Ultrachrist, and then ... then things get kind of weird.
While the movie may dwell a little long on some subplots (a romance between a pretty reporter and Jesus's angel sidekick may be a tad too much gravy), it manages to sustain momentum throughout, and by the final twenty minutes, when Jesus and Satan go head-to-head at what seems to be a benefit Honkytonk concert, it's reached deliriously crazy highs of hilarity.
Minor masterpiece? Maybe not ... but I did appreciate that the movie didn't stoop to lowbrow scatological humor at all (obscure political references are more its thing), and the performances (except a few where it's clearly someones friend or sister) are quite good -- particularly Jonathan C. Green as Jesus/Ultrachrist.
If you can tolerate low production values, bad sound and Klezmer music, Ultrachrist! is a movie worth checking out.
The premise is that Jesus comes back to Earth in the modern day and finds he's a bit of a freak. He meets a seamstress and has her make him a superhero costume so he'll be able to relate. Then the Antichrist (who's the NYC Parks Commissioner, for some reason), resurrects the greatest sinners in history to fight Ultrachrist, and then ... then things get kind of weird.
While the movie may dwell a little long on some subplots (a romance between a pretty reporter and Jesus's angel sidekick may be a tad too much gravy), it manages to sustain momentum throughout, and by the final twenty minutes, when Jesus and Satan go head-to-head at what seems to be a benefit Honkytonk concert, it's reached deliriously crazy highs of hilarity.
Minor masterpiece? Maybe not ... but I did appreciate that the movie didn't stoop to lowbrow scatological humor at all (obscure political references are more its thing), and the performances (except a few where it's clearly someones friend or sister) are quite good -- particularly Jonathan C. Green as Jesus/Ultrachrist.
If you can tolerate low production values, bad sound and Klezmer music, Ultrachrist! is a movie worth checking out.
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- Jun 23, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
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