The Remaining

An 'iPhone is a central character', 'found footage', 'shaky cam' attempt at the rapture. I personally derive nothing from the subject matter being a devout Athiest, so I treated it for what is was: a work of science fiction. I suggest however you attempt to view through the (luckily) few 'christian product placement' moments and you might actually enjoy it without too much cringing. Unfortunately this movie is peppered with the clichés of its genre and offers nothing new. 'Noah', 'Left Behind' and others; cinema is the new church and you are the unwitting participant in Bible study Hollywood style. Rant aside, The Remaining might appeal whether you're a believer with an express ticket to bliss, or overlooked with the rest of us poor saps.

Wow! I was surprised by how quickly I got hooked on it.

The chaos and all natural disaster stuff was really well done, the effects were pretty good.

For a movie I had no idea what it was about, it turned out to be quite entertaining. Except the ending, which sucked big time!

I didn't care for all the religious bs, but it got pretty annoying by as the movie went on. It would've been good to show the strange creatures (fallen angels?). But it was pretty scary and tense not seeing them at all.

To sum up: it's just another average end-of-the-world, survival and suspense-horror flick.

Don't take it too serious and you might enjoy it.

It's wedding day for Skylar (Alexa Vega) and Dan (Bryan Dechart). Suddenly, multitudes of seemingly random people drop dead. The couple and others make their way in this apocalyptic world.

This is a horror movie for Christians. The Rapture is their favorite horror subject matter. I do like that the Rapture happens multiple times and the earlier appearances of the Dementors. Multiple Raptures allow for drama in the discovery and holds out the potential for escape. The first Dementor attack is solid horror. Sadly, the Dementors are not good CGI which culminates with a laughable Dementor-filled world which looks so cheap. Quite frankly, the Christian part of the horror movie is too preachy. I guess that they just can't help it. The best Christian films don't hit the nail on the head so hard.

This movie is beyond bad. Poor acting, bad screenplay and scripts, no effects, no props... there is NOTHING good in this movie except for the intro of the Rapture. And the ending was just absurd. It's like they changed the director after the fist 20 minutes and killed the movie. It's been a while since I've last watched something that bad.

I enjoyed the movie for what it was. You morons who are offended by anything remotely spiritual probably shouldn't watch stuff like this. One of you even said only militant Christians would like this film. I personally don't have any interest in converting any of you tantrum-throwing, so-called atheists. I don't care what you believe. Death will show us all the truth once and for all. No one said this movie is an accurate depiction of the end of the world. Only small-minded people would even suggest that this is what's being portrayed. To each his own. Somebody's right and somebody's wrong. I simply choose to err on the side of caution. Those with a bigger sack than I, good luck.