Countdown: Jerusalem

Curiosity got the better of me which was what made me see Countdown: Jerusalem in the first place. I was expecting little as it was from the notorious The Asylum. Actually compared to Titanic II, Transmorphers, AVH:Alien vs Hunter, 2010: Moby Dick and Alien Origin it is not as terrible as those and some of their other efforts. Some of the acting is decent, there are some good locations and the effects are actually while not great among some of the better ones in quality from The Asylum. Music was also not so good, but at the same after watching it didn't stay in your head very long. However, the stock footage and the lack of extras makes it all too obvious of how low in budget Countdown: Jerusalem is, while the direction is lazy and the lead actor very bland. Countdown: Jerusalem is a badly written film, with trite dialogue, badly underdeveloped characters and a story that feels so disconnected and convoluted with no suspense or thrilling moments and the religious aspects did feel rather heavy-handed. So all in all, The Asylum have done much worse and I have also seen worse, but Countdown: Jerusalem still did little for me. 3/10 Bethany Cox

If you are a Christian, and a follower of great Christian movies such as the Left Behind Series, Fireproof, or many many other greats, you will be very disappointed, to say the least. This awful movie features a nonsensical weak plot, wishy washy and biblically watery and very weak, filled with time-wasters like unexplained journeys through the desert with pretty sunsets, and stereotyped Jewish people with camels and Arab names. All the while the plot goes absolutely nowhere. It is literally painful to watch. It is clearly a complete sham "Pulp Christian" movie purely designed to attempt to make easy money of the "Christian movie market". There are so many things wrong with this movie that it defies description. No continuity from any true faith based Christian perspective, moronic, flowery (and incorrect) King James style English recited in prayers that is quite laughable and truly ridiculous. It is as if the very worst writers from the Hollywood B grade "garbage-movie" set tried to sit down and with absolutely minimal knowledge of Christianity, biblical fact or even history, write a movie that would somehow sell to Christians. The writers and producers should be truly ashamed of this piece of worthless garbage. If you look you will see it is made by a new company called "FAITH FILMS" which is an offshoot of "THE ASYLUM" film company which incidentally makes the lowest form of brainless B grade "sex and drugs" films for teenage markets, like "SEX-POT" about kids smoking special aphrodisiac weed that somehow makes them all rip off their clothes and have sex. This all is brought to you by Hollywood scumbags trying to make money from persons of faith, while peddling mind rotting perverted garbage to your children. In other words, a total sham. Don't waste your time or money on this.

i saw many movies in my life, obviously i cant remember all but there something like a non-formal rating score - this is the worst movie i ever seen in my life! i swear!!! its pathetic, i mean it was literally spending 90 minutes. its obviously a low budget movie - you can see it in like 60-70 percent of the scenes, the repetition of cheap effects and the sounds of the siren and the choppers and the bombs its all disgusting and much more. but except the money issue, it has no idea or point, it not rational - there's many not reasonable issues and situations and occurs, some of them so obvious and so explicitly not based on reality that its make you sick and outrage... its has no coherence, or any logical cohesion. the so wrong and messed and pathetic attempt of these people (i cant call these things actors) to speak Hebrew or live and Israeli mentality is so failed that for my opinion they should be arrested for that it was really sad and forlorn - i seriously cant remember any other movie that the amount of the repulsive "eeeeww" face that i had is even get close to this one's count... seriously people it's the most nauseating long video i ever seen ad i put my money it will be yours too.. i am still shocked... its just a really really really bad long video.. you gonna waste 90 minutes of your life which is what i already did...

This is not a Pro Israel movie. Nor is it a action thriller. This movie is a right wing crazy Christian movie. And I want to quantify this by saying I am not talking about your everyday Christian. I am talking about the ones who believes the world is going to end 2 years ago or 4 years ago or 10 years from now..

See they believe Armageddon is going to happen in the area which is now Israel. That is why they seem so sympathetic to Israel, but not really. You see that come out in the movie.

Is the movie about the condemnation of violence in Israel? Or are they just worried about those temples? Even in the beginning of the movie while the main character is making a report we are focused on this Temple which is crumbling. Surly a metaphor. You hardly knew it was a earthquake if they did not tell you. So they are focusing on the Temples, where Jewish people worship. She goes to Israel and the same thing. The US is kind of mealy mouthed about defending Israel which is odd.

So this is the premise of the movie in a sneaky way. Because the Crazy Christians believe that the end of the world is going to happen in that area they want to make sure all of the Jewish people are gone and the ones that are left have accepted Christ. It is all through the movie. Even on the airplane. The ex sends some guy named Joseph that looks like St Joseph to watch over his ex wife. We are in Israel and we see no Hebrews worshiping we just see Christians Jewish people. I just thought the whole movie was a mess.

The child was never kidnapped she was raptured. That is why she disappeared in clear air. And she ends up in Israel looking for her. Then they try to make it look like it might be about some type of spy movie because of the husbands job. I looked at the movie thinking it was one of those so bad they are good movies syfy puts out all of the time. Instead I get a bible lesson from some Crazy Christians.

Simple and straightforward: The end just fell flat. Now, if they had built the plot so that we cared about the main character, that would be fine. But, the filmmakers' inability to build suspense is what completely drowned the whole thing.

In her attempt to find her daughter, the main character relies on the help of a variety of people in the U.S. and Israel. None of the actors were at all engaging, and the only one who actually seemed to be able to portray true emotion was the hotel clerk. He may have been my favorite character. The appearance of all the other characters seemed more random than mysterious.

There have been other comments regarding the inaccuracy of how Israel was portrayed in this film. If the settings and the people of the Middle East were maligned by the filmmakers, then that's an even greater shame upon this cinematic waste of time.

You're better off watching re-runs of your favorite TV show that you've seen ten times already than waste your time on this film.