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The Omega Code

The Omega Code

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A BIT OVERATED BUT REAL GOOD
Review: this movie rocks but it isn't as great as some people made it out to be you realy check it for yourself Casper Van Dein was awsome Micheal York was suspendous as the evil Stone Alexander but Micheal Ironside broke the 8 comandmant and stole the show as Stone's henchman Damonic this a Clasic film I must recomend this all apoliptic thriller fans

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Yeah right
Review: it has been said that this movie is the best christian thriller out there. this is simply not true.

despite a can't miss premise and (on the surface) fairly interesting characters, this movie fails in every sense of the word. the acting, from everyone in the cast, is abysmal, the screenwriting shameful, the cinematography pathetic, the photography embarrasing, the editing directly from two home vcr's and the lighting painful. the characters, who as i said are enticing, are so underdeveloped that you never care for any of them at even the most rudimentary level. by the first half hour of the film, i was hoping the antichrist would prevail just becuase it would be original.

the truth is that the one original thing this movie had going for it, it simply let fall to the ground in a shameful heap of crumpled of kleenex. that is the concept. the story should have carried this movie from beginning to end and made it memorable regardless of all the other film elements. it is that good and creative a storyline. however, the movie ignores what could have been done with such a concept and adopts cliched movie violence and excitement instead. of course, the violence and excitement only serve as head-ache inducing snore-pills. the omega code does what it should never have been able to do: makes you wish you'd spent two hours of your life watching paint dry, or ants walk through grass.

my advice: if you want to see a christian movie based on the book of revelations check out the 1988 movie the seventh sign. unlike the omega code it doesn't even diffuse the end days with (un) entertaining spazz.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: It doesn't even deserve one star
Review: I rented this movie hoping to watch a quality Christian movie. It was neither. The acting is poor and the theology is the same pseudo-religious schtick that dominates the Left Behind series.

A previous reviewer commented that she hadn't known many Catholics who had seen the movie. That is probably because most Catholics have realized that the majority of Protestant-made films are thinly veiled Catholic-bashing. This film was no exception. At least Jack Chick is obvious in his hatred of the Catholic Church; this film tries to be subtle when it bashes Catholics and Orthodox Christians. There was no good reason for Michael Ironside's character to have been a former priest and despite how Jack Chick may pervert the Bible, the Catholic Church has nothing to do with the anti-Christ.

I long for the days of great Christian writers like C.S. Lewis instead of pseudo-Christian authors who get in bed with Hollywood to try to destroy the Catholic Church. I wholeheartedly support quality Christian films and books. This movie is neither.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Has someone got to all you reviewers?
Review: I am dumbstruck that so many reviewers found this film to be so good. The idea for the story was reasonably enticing but the story itself was hopeless! And the acting was pathetic!!! It was so hammed up all the way through. I haven't seen Michael York on screen in anything new for years and now I know why. And what about the motivational speaker guy. OK, so he might have resembled an over the top American motivational speaker, but do you really think that his acting ability goes beyond some naff sitcom? And the plot..I mean he is in America in one scene then back in Israel the next and he accepts the explanation of the femme fatale without question. Come on, you can make a science fiction film, but you have tio have something that is believable, and that is uaually something to do with human nature. Oh I get it! Just because someone has said" Christian movie make" and "bible" you all think that you have to like it...or else! But come on! This awful film is an insult to your intelligence and your good taste.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Simple, yet stupid. A cult classic.
Review: I saw it in the theater, and was tempted to kill the projectionist. I had to remind myself it wasn't his fault. He was only acting under orders. Actually, the film is so dumb it's funny, and that's why it's destined to join the ranks of other rank films like Ed Woods' PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE. And, so, I give it a one-star rating as my way of nominating it for status as a cult classic. If it were an animal, however, I'd have to give it a mercy killing.

Besides providing proof that Christian filmmaking has arrived nowhere after more than twenty years, it "reveals" the silliness of Hal Lindsey's ideas for the end of the world. Once you see them "fleshed out" on the big screen, the one thing that becomes clear is what a trite end for the world is envisioned by this whole concept. I suggest reading End-Time Prophecies of the Bible, if you want a dramatic look at biblical prophecies for the end of time.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Major Step in the Right Direction
Review: I've read a lot of negative reviews based on how reviewers felt the Omega Code compared to secular big budget films. The problem with comparing Omega Code with these films is that the producers never intended or pretended that it would be a secular big budget film. It was intended to be a soul-winning, prophecy based movie.

Another area of "grief" in the reviews seemed to be that it did not include prophetic events like the the mark of the beast and people being "Left Behind" as in other movies. Here again, the purpose was not to include every end time prophecy but to give a fictional set of probabilities related to the use of the fairly new discovery of the Bible encodings which have and still reveal the current happenings like the newspaper.

REMINDER: Low budget means less money to spend on a myriad of sound and special effects. What is being underplayed is the fact that the christian community pulled together from the grassroots and made it possible for this movie to be in the limelight or reviewed at all.

No, everything was not perfect but it most certainly a step in the right direction and an encouragement for all aspiring writers, directors, actors and producers to know that there is an audience out there for Bible based films.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: What do I think of "The Omega Code"?
Review: I pretty much like this movie. Micheal York and Micheal Ironside were superb actors. Casper Van Dien was alright. As a Christian and a reader of revelation, I was thrilled to see at least a few Bible prophecies coming to life on the big screen.

But let's get something straight. This movie omitted far too many important prophecies. Where was the rapture? Or the mark of the beast? They were left out because of the effect they might have on the characters.

The other problem with this movie is that it's impossible to understand. I was raised in a bible home, I've always studied the Bible, and I still don't get some of this movie. There's a scene on an airplane where Casper Van Dien goes into this long, insignificant babble about some kind of 69 ladder wrungs and the top one is missing, or something like that.

Yet another problem is the code itself. What bologna! We don't need to read "behind the lines" to get anything out of the Bible. Everything we need from it is written in plain words.

Overall, this movie gets 3 stars from me. It's entertaining, but a real head-scratcher. Definetely not for the unsaved.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Could be a lot worse...
Review: It's perhaps inevitable that "The Omega Code" and the newer "Left Behind: The Movie" will be compared and contrasted by fans of the apocalyptic Christian thriller genre. And for my money I'd give "The Omega Code" the edge by a comfortable margin. Although made on a budget about 40% that of "Left Behind," for some reason "The Omega Code" just looks better, benefits from tighter editing and a more compelling script, and has a stronger cast, including a reunion of Caspar Van Dien and Michael Ironside (both of whom starred in the terrific "Starship Troopers"), as well as veteran British actor Michael York, and Catherine Oxenburg, best known for her work on "Dynasty" back in the '80s. True, Van Dien's acting is over-the-top - at times hilariously so - but, when all is said and done, this is a B-movie...and there's nothing wrong with that. The B-movies of the '40s, after all, are the film noir classics of today. For my money the gold standard of this kind of apocalyptic Christian-themed good vs. evil movie is still the TV adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand," but there's nothing wrong with the idea of an entertaining Christian-themed action movie. "The Omega Code" is far from perfect, but actually isn't a bad Saturday night rental for a young Christian couple to eat popcorn by.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Don't try to convert me!
Review: Starts off with potential, but just starts to "scare" you into coverting! I rented this to watch a movie not to tell me that I need Jesus. I respect the fact that it is being accurate to the book of Daniel and Rev, but this movie goes too far. In addition, the acting is very bad and the story itself isn't that interesting.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't let the shiny cover box fool you
Review: First of all, my friend, who has no taste in movies actually liked and bought this movie. However, he thinks movies such as "Jaws" and "A Clockwork Orange" are horrible. Anyway, don't bother with this movie if you feel the previous two films are great. This movie is just another direct to video trash. AVOID.


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