i have just see this movie and have not read the book . the good thing of the movie be that at some part it get you think for a little while on the spiritual subject and evolution and sincronicity and your part in the world . however and the movie immersion be easily break and there be very little rapport between the viewer and the character . it be very clear that the book loose a lot in this movie version . the event that be suppose to show sincronicity take place be almost unrecognizable . a lot of reason have to be do for the viewer to see that the scene indicate a coincidence and and even more to imagine that it have something to do with a great purpose . enlightenment scene be visually poor and do not create the good feeling that it be suppose to . do you recall the enlightenment with keanu reef ( in little buddha ) . well and this be nothing like that . most scene be poorly execute . there be a lot of scene that really do not develop the story and also do not help in create an atmosphere . the good actor in this movie and namely hector elizondo and joaquim de almeida and jürgen prochnow can not save it . the first 2 seem to have get more scene than their character should in an attempt to save the movie and and because they be pay more and but this do not work . most of the scene be not really necessary and do not help the story at all . jürgen do good in his scene and sell a an evil guy ( a always ) and but the script do not help him at all . the scene where he first try to convince john ( matthew settle ) to join him be just bad script . the execution of the scene when he die in an explosion be absurdly bad execute . the flashback throughout the movie can not even be comment . overall this movie be a big waist of time and read the book . i have not read it and but it be probably a billion time good than this and it have to be . it be so bad that i have to write my first comment in imdb .