The first 10-20 minutes were promising. Some crisp dialogue, decent acting, and you got to care about the tight group of players. And then it ground to a halt very quickly. From suggesting that history has the answer to all of Science as we currently know it (don't even start me on that one lol) - to something I imagine most people will pick up early on, but have to wait an hour to see the official "reveal". And the dialogue was probably OK if children's Sci-Fi TV is your average viewing, and the occasional soap. I actually bit off all my fingers and thumb so I couldn't fast forward. I was determined to see if I missed something that wasn't superfluous to requirement. Like sifting through the Sahara for a ring you may have lost there. And no, nothing but pain. It could have all been wrapped up nicely in a 15 minute short. As an "Outer Limits" or "Twilight Zone" episode, it would have been one of the poorer fillers. Dreadful.
Review of The Penitent Man
