The Second Comeback

Catch this one if you can. It's hilarious. That little bit about the film Holy Christ reminds me of that now classic action flik Gandhi II (bravo if you get that reference). Anyway, if you know someone who gets the magazine Total Movie, you can see this short film on the disk that came with the second issue. 9/10

I happened to be one of the unlucky holders of the Total Movie DVD issue for January 2001, which includes this clunker of a short film.

The Second Comeback takes the easy road to completion merely by inserting a faux Jesus in front of a fast-talking, odious Hollywood agent and into modern-day TV adverts and Hollywood action films. When the marketing genius sits down and asks pseudo-Jesus, "Are you ready for this?", you quickly imagine the worst that could happen and it does. Furthermore, the Jesus in this film comes off as narcissistic in some moments, and other times seems clueless about what is happening to him.

Come on now. If someone wants to build a film around a Jesus-gets-a-makeover concept (which is an intriguing idea when you really think about it) and actually make it funny, the first rule is to NOT put a surfer dude in front of a camera and call him Jesus. You have to know your subject a little better than that. You actually gotta ask yourself that bumper sticker of a question, "What would Jesus do?" What would Jesus say? How would Jesus act? Can someone maybe ask Ron Howard?

This is a very entertaining short flick.

Basically it is about Jesus Christ coming down to visit us a second time. However things have changed over 2,000 years and making miracles just doesn't cut the mustard. So what do you do when you are not cool?...

GET AN AGENT and change your look.

Jesus becomes an Antonio Banderas look-alike and hilarious happenings commence.

7/10