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Aside from movies based upon the life of Jesus Christ, there hasn't been one good Christian film. Until now.

Left Behind II is based on the events right after Left Behind, throwing us deeper into the slowly changing ruled by mastermind Nicolae Carpathia, who is quick to gain power.

The performances are better in the film; its nothing special, sadly, but is not so cheesy. It has its clichés, but in the end, you've forgotten them. My favorite was Gordon Currie, who has so perfectly become the Antichrist in the book series that it'd be difficult to see another in the role (aside from maybe Cillian Murphy).

But when it comes to sticking to the book, the movie does sidetrack a bit. The love story is shortened significantly and the entire ending of the book is left out, but it sticks much closer to the book than the first.

Some of the newer scenes were awesome, my personal favorite being Carpathia shaking the hand of Rayford Steele. The scene is so creepy and thrilling, I'm glad they decided to add it in. The showdown is also nice, although I didn't like the whole angel subplot during it.

Overall, I am glad to say the movie is good. Certainly not great but it so much better than its predecessor or successor, and should've been released on the silver screen. 6.9/10.

I'm a believer in God and that's why I can't understand how anyone who believes in the bible would appreciate the way the movie portrays God's message. What really bothered me is the fact that this so-called tribulation force keeps referring to the chosen ones as missing and keeps feeling sorry they're not around. I mean, if I'm converted and I believe in the word of God, why should I feel sorry because my loved ones were taken back to heaven? I should be happy about them and pray that I have the same fate. Not keep trying to find a reason as to why they're not here, given I already know why. If the intention of the movie was to say we have to believe in God and accept he has something greater for us, this movies fails. What it keeps doing is reminding us and giving the idea that serving God should be painful.

The change of director and obviously higher budget did not harmed this film. However nothing really interesting is ever happening within this movie, which makes it for most part a quite boring one.

The movie basically starts of were the first movie stopped. At first I had hopes that this movie would show some more of the chaos that the world would be in, as often got talked about in the first movie and also in this movie as well but it remains an odd sight to see everyone going about their usual stuff when hundreds of millions of people had disappeared, including all the children of the world. I mean, literally everybody has lost some loved ones but no one seems concerned or angered about this. Guess the world just looks better when you belief in God...

All, well most, of the characters and actors from the first movie reappear in this one as well. They obviously star in this movie because of their religion and their faith in the project and strong believes that this movie could reach out to people. Well atheist will probably mostly laugh at this movie, while believers are being treated upon a pretty dull movie, with still some redeeming elements for them in it.

The story seemed liked it had some potential in it but yet they managed to not make the best of it. Why not just make this movie a bit more thriller and exciting like just for the cinematic value of it all. Guess the series works out better in its book form.

For most part too boring to consider this movie watchable enough but still it isn't as laughable as the first movie.

5/10

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The reason this movie does not meet many peoples' standards is simple...money. Movies that are so obviously Christian based will never bring in multi-millions of dollars. Because of this, people just interested in a monetary return would not be willing to risk their money. The people that do risk the money are generally those who feel so strongly about the message that they are willing to risk the money in order to voice the message to as many as possible. It is true, the goal of the producers, actors, etc, is to relay Jesus' own words. That He is the ONLY way to God. ANY other way is a dead end. The movie points out that each individual has a decision to make. We see that repeatedly throughout the film. We are also reminded that a 'not accept' is, by nature, a rejection. Although, the use of that word does seem rather unpalatable and final. It seems that if money is a concern, the movie makers have a choice...emphasize the message or the presentation of such.

This story follows the rapturous "Left Behind" (2001). "A week after millions of people vanish into thin air, a desperate world turns to United Nations President Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie). Basking in the new found adoration and trust of the people, Carpathia seems to have the entire planet at his command. But thousands of miles away, a small group, aware of Carpathia's true and sinister identity, is trying desperately to share their knowledge with anyone who will listen," according to the DVD sleeve description.

"Calling themselves the 'Tribulation Force', world-renowned television journalist Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron), Pastor Bruce Barnes (Clarence Gilyard), airline pilot Rayford Steele (Brad Johnson) and his 20-year-old daughter, Chloe (Janaya Stephens), embark on a dangerous mission to open the eyes of the world to the truth." Readers, this will be my last user review… may God strike me down if these "Left Behind" movies aren't pure trash… Really... This entry serves only to pooh-pooh its own Christian revelations.

* Tribulation Force (10/29/02) Bill Corcoran ~ Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Gordon Currie

First of all, I want to say that I did not watch the first one, and after seeing the movie, I couldn't understand how something like this was ever sold to the public in the first place. My first impression was that this had to be a cheap commercial for a Christian community or something.

The acting was awful, the script was really bad and the dialogue full of things only priests would try to say in public. This could've been a great film, because the story is there, but the film makers destroyed it.

I would only recommend this movie to religious people who love really bad commercials.

After millions of people all over the earth mysteriously disappear, the world turns to a charismatic man to lead them, the new president of the U.N. (Gordon Currie). A small band of believers in Chicago recognize him as the Antichrist and work together as the "Tribulation Force" to save as many as they can. The group includes a renowned reporter (Kirk Cameron), a formidable pilot (Brad Johnson), his daughter (Janaya Stephens) and the pastor of their assembly (Clarence Gilyard Jr.).

Released in 2002, "Left Behind II: Tribulation Force" is the follow-up to "Left Behind" (2000) with the same cast, which was remade in 2014 with a bigger budget and truncated plot.

The story is based on prophetic accounts of end-time events from the Bible, e.g. the "Rapture" based on scriptures like 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and Luke 17:24,34-35. Of course the Left Behind series is a fictional story and you don't have to believe in the Bible whatsoever to enjoy the movie for what it is, a "What if the Rapture really happened" mystery/drama/thriller. I don't believe in powerful androids that time-travel from the future, but that doesn't prevent me from enjoying the Terminator flicks.

This sequel cost a little less than the 2000 film ($3.8 million) and is less busy story-wise. It has the confidence to take its time with convincing acting in challenging roles. I read the book and wondered how it could be made into a compelling movie because it's more dramatic than the first one; in other words, there's far less thrills until the last act, not to mention a considerable romantic subplot. The screenwriters did a great job of cutting out the fat and strategically adding some well-done evangelical bits, which aren't overdone. The apocalyptic ending of the book was obviously omitted because it would've added 20-30 minutes to the runtime and would've cost significantly more. The filmmakers did a good job of finding the right place to close.

Being shot in Toronto, I was wondering how they would pull off the Jerusalem sequences at the end, but they did a splendid job with the studio sets, particularly considering this is a low-budget flick.

The film runs 1 hour, 34 minutes. ADDITIONAL CAST includes Krista Bridges as the journalist's assistant and Chelsea Noble (Cameron's wife) as a flight attendant working for the Antichrist.

GRADE: B

It wasn't as good as many anticipated it to be, but I actually enjoyed watching the film. Recommended film. Kirk Cameron and Clarence Gilyard Jr. both do a good job in this film. If you have seen the first film, then I don't know how much you expect. But if I were to rate the movie as the sequel to the first one, I felt that it was a fairly well scripted movie. The production was not the best out there, but like I said, when compared to the first movie, I felt that it did a good job finishing the series. If you haven't seen the first movie then I suggest you do before you take a look at this film. This is one of those sequels, where if you don't watch the first one, then you will have no idea as to what is going on. Once again, a recommended film, but I wasn;t expected much going into the movie.

When are the makers of Christian films going to wake up to their lack of talent! They may be enlightened, but I am beginning to wonder by whom. With such great subject matter and even decent acting, they have still managed to produce dribble exceeded only by the artistic endeavor of an afternoon soap opera. After having watched this film, any desire for a second "leap of faith" was manifested in a desire to leap off a tall building. What a waste...but as long as they have a captive audience, why bother producing something significant.

My roomate and I waited for the particular release date of this movie (him to purchase the new Tori Amos record) and when this day came to past, we were a little let down due to not what we were expecting from what we got. Although I liked the movie from the acting, the characters, the plot, and even the special effect, I was let down from the preview that I had saw prior to the release date. I expected it to be like the previous cloud ten movies (Apocalypse 1-4) from the preview. I give them credit in the fact that even though it still flawed in giving us what was according to the book (for those who watched Left Behind, but didn't read the book I urge you to read the book) especially at the end, the script writers did a better job this time of portraying the book's view rather than just writing around the book. I also think that everybody looked a little more upbeat and lighter this movie (except for Carpathia who portrayed almost a russian type antichrist) but I think Chloe played an even happier character than the previous movie. All in all, I think people who haven't read the books to like it much better than the first film.

I saw Left Behind before I started reading the books, and at that time I thought it was a pretty good movie. Now that I pretty much know the workings of the books inside and out, I had become pretty much disappointed with Left Behind. At the time I thought it was because they didn't follow the book close enough. I had become so disappointed with the movie I hadn't planned on seeing Trib Force.

Fast forward to tonight, and I went and rented it anyway. At first I was very lost because the opening of Trib Force the movie didn't even come close to the opening of the book, and the pattern followed. You know what? It has actually made it a better movie! The problem with trying to turn a 400 page book into a 2 hour movie is that you can't cover all the details, and when that happens (like it did in Left Behind), you run into problems. I think they fixed this problem in Trib Force by making it stand on its own, giving it its own story line, changing things around. They also cut out the end of the book, presumably to be shown in Left Behind 3. But I think now that the movies have become a work of their own, it works much better. I think Trib Force has actually made Left Behind become a better movie, and I may start collecting the movies as "religiously ;)" as I have the book series.

Ordinarily I would have probably given this a 6, but with the way Trib Force set the tone for the rest of the series and actually made Left Behind a better movie, I give it a 7

This movie fails on a number of levels. As it can be viewed on strictly religious terms or as an action thriller, I will address both.

First, let's just talk about it terms of an thriller film. It fails in this regard because it simply makes no sense. People don't act in any sort of real manner. It's simply not how people would act if this were a real situation of millions of people vanishing. You would think the Bible is some book that was only known to the people who vanished and no one else. Everyone else seems to be completely in the dark and don't even make the connection this might be the "Rapture," yet, millions of Christians vanish overnight as Christians have been saying they will. I don't know about you, but if that happens in real life, me and most of the planet would be rushing to Church the next morning. It seems implausible no one would. Also, everyone goes about their business as if some mugging happened in the neighborhood. The most ridiculous thing is that most people accept the disappearance as some sort of nuclear radiation when that is the most insane excuse that could be even offered. This film is incredibly outdated, a complete fabrication of how and what the U.N. is and how it works. Acting and dialogue are unintentionally hilarious, setting off streams and fits of laughter. In one Church scene, there is a bulletin board and six pictures of people on it with the caption, "OUR MISSING" A Church and there is only six missing people? How funny is that? What was it, The Church of Satan? There's no surprises and no tension, especially among the people who are not saved and whom you know will be calling out for Jesus by the end of the picture. There's a lot of talk about the "Wailing Wall," yet what is supposed to be the wailing wall, I guess, looks nothing like the real "wailing wall," as if producers have no clue about the "wailing wall" or don't think it's important enough to make a reasonable close simulation of it. The whole movie treats it's audience as simple-minded, uneducated couch potatoes.

Seeing this as a religious film, it is incredibly insulting. This lies the main offense. It's not powerful enough to convert anyone and not realistic enough to make anyone want to know more. It's most heinous crime, though, is how it uses the Jews. If the Jews made a big-budget multi-million dollar film and a huge media campaign about how the Pope came to his senses and announces to the world how he has come to the conclusion that Jesus Christ was not GOD after all and everyone should know that and see the truth, there would be an UPROAR in the Christian community. But they seem to have no problem committing that perfidious insult onto the Jews. Rabbi Ben Judah, the most learned and respected scholar in the world, announces to the planet that Jesus Christ is indeed God and he has been wrong and now knows the truth. This is terrible, terrible injustice to the Jewish faith. Besides the fact that it is simply ludicrous to think that a Rabbi could sit on a podium in Israel and the entire world of different religions is going to sit back and take his word for it just because he thinks so and these other religions be converted (What planet is this film on? Certainly not Earth), but to put words like that in the mouth of the head of another religion and have them say how wrong they were, well, it's just hateful and disrespectful, that's all. It's also disturbing that the whole conspiracy of trying to take over the world comes from INTERNATIONAL BANKERS, which has always been another word for Jews when it is in this context. It's just another example of the total disregard for the integrity of the Jews. It feigns respect for them while denigrating their beliefs. Coupled with a preposterous plot and representation, this film fails as both an action thriller and as a religious film.

Okay, the acting was bad, the writing was horrendous. That's just the good news. The bad news is that this movie fundamentally may be hate propaganda, cloaked as entertainment.

When renting this movie, I was thinking it would be something like The Omen. Not even close. They are both about the coming of the anti-christ, but that's where the similarities end.

The disturbing part of this movie is that it seems to espouse a belief that ridding the world of religious differences and wars is evil. Also they try to make the point that Christianity is the only religion, and to make the point perfectly clear, they get a Jewish rabbi to come out and say it. Talk about going out on a limb. They didn't even mention Muslims in here. This despite the fact that Jews, Christians and Muslims are all believers of the same god (allah is just the arabic word for god, nothing else). We won't even get into Hindus, Buddhists, etc. that would just take too long.

Given the fact that in Left Behind II the book Ray and Amanda get married, and so do Buck and Chloe the movie was alright. They forgot to include the weddings, and Ivy had no place in the books. Book 2 in the series also did not include Nicolae being asked to lead the UN/the world, that had already happened. This movie also depicted the two witnesses pretty well, and for that I give them a reasonable rating. Left Behind II also included Ray asking Hattie for the job of flying Nicolae's plane, which was not in the book. Tsion Ben Judah had to flee after his announcement Jesus was the Messiah with Buck in book 2, we do not see this in the movie. Lackluster, but OK. 6.0 out of 10 stars max

My friend rented this after seeing the first one. There was very little character development, and they are all very shallow, especially Kirk Cameron. I lost interest after about 5 minutes, and I REALLY wanted to fall asleep after about 15. Worst movie I've seen since The Thin Red Line.

In many ways I liked it better than Left Behind...The acting seemed better, the characters seemed to have more development time, and the message was good. It was also a tense and interesting storyline. I've mostly forgotten what happens in the books, so I can't compare it to that very well, but I really like the movies! If they can get enough money for really good special effects, I think the series will just keep getting better! I wish they would have widescreen versions of their movies and make them at least two hours long. An hour and a half is not very much time to make a great movie. But this one was good and I'll be watching it again many times, no doubt.

A couple of the quibbles I have with this movie are the "angelic woman" and the few times that the Christians lie. I know no one's perfect, but I think they should have at the very least shown that they were wrong to lie.

Good movie overall...and the special features on the DVD are neat!

CNN on the side of evil, just like today lol. The movie got that part right. But I think the anti christ would be far more likely to come from the West than Russia. Overall I enjoyed it.

I thought that the first movie deviated from the storyline a little bit, but it was tolerable. I was so frustrated by this movie that I almost turned it off. I do not recommend this to any die hard fans of the Left Behind series. I was very disappointed. I give it a 3, but only because Kirk the acting was decent.

When I Saw the First Left Behind I loved it by the Great Job they did of the Start of the Tribulation from The first to This One I was Hoping that they Make More and I was Happy.

Set One Week After the Vanishing we see the Start of the Tribulation Force Buck (Kirk Cameron) Pastor Barnes (Clarence Gilard) Rayford (Brad Johnson)and Chloe (Janaya Stephens) as they try to Win Soles to Christ from The Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie) I Love This Movie for 2 Reasons

1.I have seen a lot of End Times Movies (Christian and non christian)and I Believe Gordon Currie in my View Gives a A Different view of The antichrist and with a Bad Guy their a Good Guy the Tribulation Force I Liked All of them They Gave Even More Then the First witch Makes my Smile

2.The Story. I have not read the Book Tribulation Force but my Mother has and from what see told me They Are Ideas that is used from the Book and I Think That What Best Selling Book Turn to Movie Should do and that what Makes this movie Good For me

it a Must See Movie and I Can't Weat for Left Behind 3

**** out of ****

I felt the first Left Behind film was such a corny lark (if people leave behind dentures and hip replacements, does that mean they also leave behind breast implants when they get Raptured?) that I had to see what Kirk Cameron and crew were up to for their second turn at bat.

I will state this as clearly as possible - nothing happens in this film, absolutely 100% nothing. There's no progression, no forward momentum, nothing. The only thing you could classify as character development is the believers patronizingly preaching to the uninformed. Does anyone want to get their religion from the kid from Growing Pains? The plot consists of our four left behind-ers forming a group (Tribulation force, unite!) that wants to warn the world that the leader of the UN is the, wait for it, Antichrist. This plan goes nowhere. Two of the Tribulation force members contribute nothing to the cause except wistful praying.

The crux of the film is on a learned Rabbi who is to reveal to the whole wide world that Jesus is actually the Messiah. In what universe would a single Rabbi saying something about religion have the world's eyes and ears? And why would everyone systematically accept one man's words as the divine truth? If this was the case couldn't we end this boring movie with Cameron yelling, "I loves me the Jesus" and be done with it? I enjoy the Rabbi's slow reveal in his speech. He starts talking about how he's proven who the Messiah is (though we see nothing of his findings) and says it's a man who was born in Bethlehem and betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. Then he says it's Jesus. And the audience literally gasps. This whole plot device couldn't be any more insulting.

Overall Left Behind 2 is far worse than the original film, and that is something of an accomplishment of itself. I challenge you to stay awake and interested into what's going on, because there may be more nothing going on in this film than in the entire history of cinema. Cameron is the best the world of journalism has to offer? And anyone else notice that if you're not Western European in ethnicity you're either evil or dead wrong with your religious beliefs. Take that 4/5 of the world!

There are so many laugh-out-loud moments (like the explanation for millions instantaneously vanishing as "nuclear radiation," are we in 1955 all over again?) but the largest drawback of Left Behind 2 is how horrifically boring it is. The Omega Codes were equally atrocious but campy and slightly entertaining in an I-Can't-Believe-People-Spent-Money-On-This kind of way. Left Behind 2 on the other hand has no sense of humor and no sense of style, let alone competent pacing, directing, and acting. I know sixth graders that could blow the socks off these Left Behind thespians.

I can think of no possible reason anyone should every view this film at any time. I have never been more bored, and I fell asleep during The Thin Red Line three separate times when I saw it in theaters. The only reason you would recommend this film is if you wanted that person to die of boredom.

For my money, the DVD menu screen is the funniest and most entertaining part of the film.