To stop them, Metatron (Alan Rickman, in the film's only semblance of acting), the Voice of God, enlists Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), Christ's last living descendant and an abortion-clinic worker, plus 13th-apostle Rufus (Chris Rock) and the tiresome team of Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith). There's much, much more, none of it amusing or enlightening. Smith's filmmaking strength is dialogue; here that's all wasted on exposition and explanation. Its leaden tediousness only emphasized by its puerile whimsy and scatology, Dogma is like the shots of tequila Metatron downs but spits out -- all bad taste and no kick.