Moses-7

When I first saw this film, I had heard nothing of it, but with the cast it had, I was expecting a fairly decent film. Instead, I found the film to be rather poor in both concept and execution. I am not saying that it isn't worth a look, however. Charlton Heston and Jack Palance gave decent performances that could have belonged in a better film, as did Corin Nemic. Tim Matheson wasn't half bad, but the rest of the cast seemed to fall flat on their faces. The plot was so contrived that you could shoot a solar flare through the plot holes. Basically, this film has been done better as bigger asteroid films (like Armageddon and Deep Impact) so it is a kind of waste of time unless you are a die hard fan of the actors or sci-fi disaster movies. I also must mention that even though the film brags about the special effects being done by the same people as 2001 and Star Wars, their effects in those movies were far superior. In this film, the effects feel cold and detached, where as in those movies they are visually exciting and stimulating. I guess it would have helped, though, if this film had had a bigger budget. So, overall, I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone unless they were really bored and liked cheesy sci-fi disaster films.

This is a strong recommendation to anyone who reads this review who has never seen the film Total Reality, don't waste your time and money renting this poor excuse for a film. This is, without peer, the single worst movie that I have ever seen in my life. I had nightmares of this movie ever since I saw it. The acting was terrible, and any amateur film maker could make a more decent film. The film blatently rips off far superior sci-fi films, such as TimeCop or Total Recall (where the title seems to have been derived from). I'm sorry, but I just think that there is more entertainment value in watching the side of a cardboard box for two hours. If you already have seen this movie, I feel sorry for you for going through what I did.

I came to the film Omega Code with no predetermined opinion of it being good, despite being a Christian. Over several months before it's release on video, I had heard so much tripe about how I was supposed to support this movie and like it just because it was a Christian movie and it was supposedly supposed to save the world. However, I am also a movie buff, and I rate movies on their ability to entertain me rather than by some message that I am told that I should like. Going into the movie, I was hoping that it would be enjoyable, but I hadn't already made up my mind that it would be, as I can see many of the reviewers on this page are. Overall, the film disappointed me.

First, I would like to comment what I liked. The best part of the film for me was Michael York as the Anti-Christ. Of all the films I have seen that feature this infamous villian, I found Michael York to have one of the most fun and over the top performances to date. Michael Ironside also did a good job with his performance as the henchman.

Despite these fine villians, the rest of the movie left me feeling like I was cheated. First of all, there is Casper Van Dien, who I enjoyed in Starship Troopers, who's character was so wooden that I couldn't believe my eyes. When he was first introduced in the film, I thought it was a joke, but his character stayed the same for the whole movie! Just because he started to believe in God at the end of the movie doesn't excuse the poor writing and lack of motivations. Next, the plot is so far changed from the Book of Revelations that it is supposedly representing. Then there is the idea of the Bible Code itself. How can we take seriously a Code of predicting the future that only has stuff from the presant and future, but not of our past. It is sloppy and irresponsible writing to think that just because a few hundred years ago is past to us it wouldn't be future to the people alive at the time of Jesus.

Overall, I am glad that they are trying to get more Christian films made, but competent directing and writing and excellent acting (as Ironside and York potrayed) is the key to making an excellent film. It doesn't matter if it doesn't have sex or swearing if the film is so mediocre that you would rather watch an average "R" rated film for a more entertaining time.

Better luck next time, guys...