As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This film resonated with me, as I am a student of kabbalah, based in the the ToRaH, properly translated 'Teaching of Light'. This film skillfully contrasts Max's alternating between a confused ignorance, which is a reflection of our human nature, its physical reality, and moments of revelatory clarity, the spiritual reality of our human existence. To simplify for those who did not like this film, not perceiving its truth. Consider water, we are able to see it in all its physical manifestations, and are unable to see its molecular structure without the aid of a NRI, Nuclear Resonance Imaging, apparatus. Kabbalah is like the NRI, it enables the seeker student to perceive above our instinct for survival dimension of soul, to transcend our feelings and thoughts, opening the portal to our spirit's intuition, and experiencing the ONEness with our CREATOR, and each other. In the CREATOR'S four letter name, encoded in the gematria, each letter has a numerical value, of the letters, is "Love is ONEness." One of the most beautifully sublime statements of the unity of all human souls is this: "All of our souls were bound together in the Collective Soul of Adam and Havah, the first human beings. That is, each of the six billion souls of the world's present population is rooted in the first, Divinely-created man and woman. Therefore, in the depths of our psyche, we share a common unity. However, we have fallen asleep, become unconscious of this primal reality." - Rabbi Chaim VitalI withheld the 10/10, as the film neglected to mention the foundation of the four dimensional truth inspiring the ToRaH. PaRDeS - literal objective, ReMeZ - allegorical poetical, DeRaSH - ethical homiletic, and SoD - mystical spiritual. The Zohar is an exemplary illustration in perceiving this wisdom and understanding the four dimensions of each letter, word, and verse.Without ToRaH, there is no kabbalah, no Zohar, etymology "light". It is, however, a good introduction to the concept of humanity's spiritual reality.

7/10I recently saw The Zohar Secret in Amazon Prime and decided to give it a shot.The story begins with Max, a Roman soldier, being charged with the return of one of the recently discovered scrolls of Zohar to Jerusalem. Why this is so vitally important to anyone else but Max is not fully explained by the film and is arguably not critically important to the movie. Neither is the significance of Zohar, and whether this is the same Zohar of Jewish literature, explained.It feels strange to say that this is not a spoiler, but Max dies in the first few minutes of the film, but only to come back in another time and place (always in the future) - a cycle that continues as long as the scroll is not returned to its rightful place. Following along in these episodes is Max's doppleganger, sometimes as a character of the time or other times as an alter ego, who acts as the antagonist and the only one who seems to know everything, including all that has happened to Max to that point. We are never sure if the doppleganger is real or imaginary. Was he cursed along with Max when they are both killed in the catacomb? or is Max imagining him? These leaps of time and space from Max's point of view are the most effective part of the film. After each leap, we share in Max's disorientation as we discover our new existence and share in his apprehension not knowing if he will die within minutes or live a full life only to learn at the end that the quest must still be fulfilled.The cinematography and design of period pieces and wardrobe are excellent, particularly for a film with such a modest budget. As I was watching this film, I was wondering if this would be the best film I would see this year or if I would be disappointed at the end. Yes, early parts of this film are that brilliant.The story wraps up with a seed of doubt in the viewer as to the reliability of our protagonist as the point of view of the story. Fine, I thought, and allowed myself to play along expecting this would be a perfect setup for some amazing reveal. However, in my opinion, the ending is disappointing and lacking in the artistry of the rest of the film. It gives the impression of a hurried production and a patchwork of different directions, anyone of which could have been the ending only to be all conveniently tidied up as the credits roll. Too bad. I was rooting to be swept away at the end of the quest.

I not going to add much more than what was already described by other user. This movie had almost nine stars but it was just a bubble. Don't waste your time, it is a repetitive movie with no good acting, dialogs, etc.If you don't really believe in the bubble stuff, go check the distribution of the votes. At to date, 80% votes are 10/10. It's just impossible, The Shawshank Redemption (#1 in Top 250) has 50%. Its obvious that a bunch of guys took the time to artificially inflate the number of stars. It wouldn't be the first time, nor the last.

This movie is unlike anything else i've seen. There are many great drama and sci-fi movies that touch on the topic of the meaning of life and the purpose of humanity, but this movie really touches a nerve with its message. It's very well written and directed, with an excellent performance from the cast, whom i understand participated on this film because they believed in the importance of showcasing this to the world. The soundtrack truly enhances the film and the different parts of the world and settings where the movie was shot add greatly to the way the film develops. The book of Zohar has been a mystery throughout generations and this film manages to capture the unveiling of the message written in this book and how it can help humanity in discovering our true essence as human beings. The principles of love, unity and caring for the rest of society as we care about ourselves are the basis for building the better world we would all like to live in.I really hope that this movie gets massive showcasing around the world.