Justin Lin is no stranger to making movies built around spectacle. After all, he directed more Fast & Furious movies than any director working today before stepping away from the franchise (twice). He returns to something much smaller scale after his "Fast X" exit with "Last Days,

You've seen it so often, you might roll your eyes, but in "Last Days," it really happens: American missionary John Allen Chau might have died as he approached North Sentinel Island, had the Bible in his breast pocket not absorbed the blow of a hostile Sentinelese arrow.

The 'Fast & Furious' franchise helmer's new film relates the true-life tale of a young man who met his doom while attempting to convert an isolated tribe.

Last Days is a dramatization of the final days in the life of John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old Christian mercenary who traveled to North Sentinel Island in the hopes of reaching the North Sentinelese — one of the most isolated native tribes in the world.

Sundance: The director, returning to indie filmmaking after a string of "Fast & Furious" movies, wrings an overwrought Hollywood spectacle from the story of a boy caught in the grip of a radical missionary agenda.

The "Fast Five" filmmaker tells TheWrap that despite his blockbuster pedigree, his passion project nearly never happened The post How Keanu Reeves Helped Justin Lin Get ‘Last Days’ Indie Made: ‘We Have Angels Along the Way’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.