The twelve essays in A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson offer various interpretations of Mel Gibson’s work, treating this prolific but controversial figure not only as a filmmaker but as a historian, religious thinker, and social philosopher. From The Man Without a Face and Braveheart to The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, and Hacksaw Ridge, this interdisciplinary collection mines Gibson’s life and oeuvre for insight into existential...

Two cosmic Deities, grand architects of their own prized galaxy, have discovered that one of their creations is out of control. After the largest star in their galaxy collapses, it rebounds as a black hole that swells to consume them and their cherished creations before they can escape. Cast adrift in space and time, their souls are scattered, and they separately experience life in the denser planes. Many incarnations lead them to converge on a little place called Earth, where time and mat...