I heard that
Christianbeat magazine nominated this film for
"Christian Film of the Year" in 2002. It's a sad
state of affairs for Christ if this film is the
best the Christian community has to offer in
film. Fortunately, this film did NOT win the
award...and, I'm quite aware this is NOT among
the best Christian films around.
The DVD cover looks really cool, but that's
about the only thing that works with this film.
The story is about as Christian as a story
gets...and there is definitely preaching along
the way. Three lawyers are sent to the
Phillippines to defend a corporation against
toxic pollution charges...while they are there
the Rapture occurs...this is the story of trying
to survive.
The film is written and directed by Timothy Chey...he
also appears in the film. The film also features
Helen Lopez as the opposing lawyer, and the
other two lawyers are played by Dirk Been and
Joel Klug...ironically, both have appeared on
the reality tv-series "Survivor."
The film has a few interesting special effects,
but generally is a failure. The script is
over-the-top preachy, the acting clearly
amateurish. There were several sound editing
mistakes that were painfully obvious dubbing
errors. Even with a low-budget, these errors
simply shouldn't have been so obvious.
So, why only a "D"? Am I just a sympathetic
minister? Nope. Actually, that makes me hold it
to a higher standard. There were a couple things
I really liked about this film.
First, of course, it was nice to see an action
film with actual tenderness in it. A male and
female character who cared about each other
without passionately kissing, without ending up
in bed in the middle of a major catastrophe.
Instead, they actually protected each other,
took care of each other and displayed kindness.
I loved it.
Secondly, some of the cinematography was pretty
amazing for a low-budget film. Some of the sky
shots were downright beautiful, and some of the
action scenes were well shot. I wouldn't call
them entertaining, but definitely well shot.
Even if you are a Christian, you can live
without seeing this movie. In a year where
"Passion of the Christ" and "Gospel of John"
really brought the bible and the life of Christ
to life this film comes off looking like a high
school production.
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Written by Richard
Propes
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