Rapture

Rapture means to be snatched up violently. There was no snatching up, just incineration. I thought it was going to be a biblical movie. Instead it was a a movie without a real story line. The ending was left entirely void of any meaning. I'm so thankful I didn't buy this and only rented, even that is a waste of money. I get that production and the acting were going to be bad, but this was just a hot mess.

Compared to the Mimi Rodgers dystopian film, this truly stank. Poor acting, crappy script and it went absolutely nowhere. Couldn't figure out its point or perspective, seems like it was made by a committee of goofballs. Who gives people money to make such horrific wastes of time? This "film" is emblematic of the schlock that gets funding and financing in lieu of genuine quality films. Editing appears to have been done by a shredder. Was this funded by some misguided evangelical group? NOBODY was evidently holy enough to escape the divine barbecue! Give me a break- even an awful recruitment film for Jeezus freaks!

Foiled again! This is the second time in a month I got pulled in by special effects for a disaster event movie moving into an apocalyptic nightmare. Curse my Saturday night love of dystopian landscapes. So I was about 2/3rds of the way invested when the tide turned and it all went christian in an effort to spur my very own come to Jehovah moment, in lieu of the absence of that age old hymn, "Just As I Am." The scene, taking the bible off the nightstand of the deathbed, did sound a few bells and whistles, but I chocked it up to dramatic schmaltz at the directors discretion. Up until the 2/3rds point I always thought a band of angels coming after me was a good thing. According to this movie, it ain't. It gives slain in the spirit a very smoldering meaning, and effect. SO, had I known before hand what exactly was waiting for me at the end of the rabbit hole, I would have given it a pass for something a little, WHAT AM I SAYING, a lot less bible belty.

Sounded as if it should be a Christian take on Revelation but in fact it bears no resemblance to any interpretation of Revelation that any denomination has ever come up with. Might have been better with no religious element at all and just an "escape from the aliens" plot. With that, it would have been reasonably good. But this will just annoy those who it is supposed to be aimed at while putting off unbelievers who might otherwise have enjoyed it for what it is.

I can't think of a good thing to write about this movie. The special effects are almost worse than SciFi channel movies.....which is saying a lot.

The acting is terrible. It's just a plain awful movie. Much of the occurences don't work if the nature of the movie is what it is supposed to be.

But, you gotta take it for what it is...a low budget movie made by some church group to push some religious ideology. Not made by an actual movie making outfit.

Don't get me wrong, there are some really good religious movies out there. Some mega movie classics. This just isn't one of them. Not by a long shot.