Lance Henriksen is the most recognizable "name" actor in the cast, and while there's no doubt Henriksen is an outstanding performer it's questionable if he's the best choice to play the Persian King Cyrus, who holds a great respect for Daniel and fulfills Biblical prophecy by allowing the Hebrews to return to their homeland.
Conversely, much of the rest of the cast seems a bit cobbled together, with a lot of bizarre American-English accents thrown into the supposedly Middle Eastern setting. Quality of acting varies, though fortunately both of the actors portraying Daniel-Andrew Bongiorno as the "young" Daniel and Robert Miano as the "old" version of the same-are outstanding and capture the essence of the Biblical character excellently. There are no earth-shattering special effects and the overall sweep is somewhat limited. The film is fundamentally quite well done, very well-written and refreshingly respectful of its Scriptural source, but as this is clearly a low budget production there are inevitably some cinematic weaknesses. Built primarily around the story of the Hebrew people's captivity in Babylon and under several different kings, the movie uses the narrative of its title character to portray how even when all seems lost, God is still with His own. The Book of Daniel dramatizes the Biblical record of the same name, and does so very well.
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