Review of Muhammad: The Last Prophet (2002) by Ahmad J — 14 Mar 2014

This movie got boring too quickly. First off, three major characters, most notably Muhammad, but also Hamza and Ali, aren't visually depicted; whenever they are spoken to, or are in a scene, the characters speaking to them face the camera.

The camera even moves to indicate when they are shaking their heads, which really looks ridicules. They don't even speak but their words are spoken for them by a narrator. All of that might be valid for religious reasons but it makes it impossible to really enjoy this movie.

Also each time Muhammad's name is mentioned, which obviously happens constantly, the narrator follows with "peace and blessing be upon him"; that is tolerable when you hear it one time, but after 20 times it becomes extremely annoying and makes it clear that this movie is made for deeply religious muslims only and isn't open to any other group.

The story might be good but that's about it and unless you're a very religious person who already knows everything about Muhammad, you will unlikely care for this movie!