Synopsis
End of the Spear (2005) is an American historical drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Jim Hanon. In January 1956, five young missionaries flew a small plane into a remote stretch of the Ecuadorian jungle and were speared to death by Waodani warriors — news that reached front pages across the United States.
The film does not end there. Chad Allen plays Nate Saint's son Steve, who grows up to walk into the same jungle as the man who killed his father. Louie Leonardo plays Mincayani, the Waodani warrior whose story carries the harder question: what does it actually cost a person raised on cycles of revenge to step out of them? The answer the film gives is specific enough to feel earned rather than preached.
Hanon keeps the script grounded in particular people rather than broad sentiment — a harder balance than it looks. Stream End of the Spear online on iFILM.
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