No, this isn’t a Mad Lib: A very real movie titled The Carpenter follows a Viking orphan named Oren who discovers mixed martial arts as his “side hustle” while apprenticing for Jesus Christ in ancient Jerusalem.
“The king of the ring meets the Prince of Peace,” reads the film’s official tagline.
“Almost a decade ago, my dad and I were building a shed when we came up with the idea for the film,” star Kameron Krebs said in a statement. “We were talking about how much perfection goes into the craft, and we ultimately began discussing what a perfect occupation carpentry was for Jesus. That made us wonder what it would be like to work under his tutelage as an apprentice, and from there, the film was born.”
That, unfortunately, doesn’t explain how we ended up with a buff Jesus, MMA fights or heavy metal soundtracks. But this does seem like it …