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Summary: NOW, THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A SEQUEL!!!!!!
Review: The timing of this film's release was perfect. Ten days after the September 11th attacks. I saw The Omega Code when it was released in theaters in 1999 and bought it on DVD. I liked it very much. I also saw Megiddo twice in theaters (especially the day it opened - with my god-sister) and was thoroughly impressed. Although, I haven't read The Bible as much as I should have, the parts of Revelation that I did read (especially the rise and fall of the Anti-Christ) were visually depicted (as far as I'm concerned) with almost perfection in this film. I also knew (when seeing this film) that TBN had to have a storyline and put a touch of "Hollywood" to draw the type of attention needed. It has the makings of a great Christian movie with characters quoting scriptures from The Bible as well as the protagonist (played by Michael Biehn) going to GOD in prayer seeking guidance. The Anti-Christ (played convincingly by Michael York) challenges GOD and deceives the world by convincing everyone that he's all for peace and humanity in "the new world". When that challenge is made, GOD's wrath immediately goes into action. Before I saw The Omega Code and Megiddo, I was thoroughly convinced that somewhere someone knows how to get to the missing books of The Bible and that this person or beast is controlling all governments of this world. Think about it. While both films may not touch every issue in the books of Daniel and Revelation, it does manage to interject the word of GOD and the fact that Jesus is Lord. The special effects are pretty cool. And to think that the devil is 1,000,000+infinity uglier than the visual depiction in this film scares the hell out of me. The depiction in the film sent chills throughout my anatomy everytime I saw this film and still does. I like the fact that this film relies heavily on storytelling rather than an all-out special effects extravaganza. The second time I saw this film was after church and, like the first time I saw it, had me as well as others praising GOD and saying/shouting "Hallelujah" when the devil finally bow down and admits that Nazarene is Lord right before being cast down into the firey pits of Hell and chained. The praises got even louder when the scripture from Revelation appeared on the screen. I bought the DVD for this film and was not disappointed at all. My mother (she only saw the second half of the film) and I watched it last night and we both were very much into the film. I will play it again so that my parents and I can enjoy the film in its entirety. I've also told my extended family members (you know, very close friends) about this film as well as The Omega Code. I told them to see both films. As a matter of fact, I recommended both films to a friend of mine who happens to work in the CD/Video/DVD department at Best Buy (thus, having seen the Megiddo title in stock but have not seen the movie). Now, he's going to at least rent or buy it on VHS. I'm also recommending both films to whomever is reading my review for Megiddo. Buy it!!!! Buy it!!!! By it!!!! The film is truly a message from GOD.
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Summary: WOOHOO!! Go christian filmakers!!!...
Review: Ok, in the past I have not been that impressed with christian filmakers; in fact, with the exception of Jon Gunn (Mercy Streets) they all fell way bellow my standards, but this movie I love!!! Paul J Lombardi and Brian Trenchard-Smith have put together the only good end times movie on the market (I don't really believe in the end times so you are welcome to disagree with me if you wan't). It's full of Action, awesome writing, and great performances from Michael York (Austin Powers, Dark Planet) as Stone Alexander and Michael Biehn (Tombstone, The Art of War, Clocksoppers) as David Alexander. The special effects were good except at the end when they tried to create satan with CGI, they realy should have tried special effects make-up like in Legend. The basic themes to the movie are strongly christian without being too preachy, the mood is very powerful and the emotion gotten across excellently. The ending had me looking at life and the power of God much more differently than I had just 2 hours ago. I strongly reccomend this movie to every christian. But this is certainly not a film for little kids, it contains scenes of violence that are surprisingly graphic for a PG-13 movie, and the devil would scare the hell (haha) out of kids.
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Summary: anticlimactic amongst other things
Review: I agree with the other reviewers that gave it bad ratings (on the first page at least). It portray Christianity as cartoonish. This is a definite b movie that is only made worse by the religous connotation. It's one thing to make a b movie; it's another to make a b religious movie. Not a good idea.Poor acting. Mediocre effects. I'm reminded of The Last Star Fighter except that was good... cause it was from the 80's and you were expected to have crappy effects. As always, these "End of the World" movies are anticlimactic. Big battle, bright light, badguys: "Oh, it's Jesus; let's give up." Sorry, but I'll be kinda disappointed if that's truly how it is. Are we to believe that a creature as old as Satan is so stupid? Why bother? Zzzz...
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Summary: Propaganda for Christian Fundamentalism
Review: Megiddo doesn't only have one of the worst scripts ever, it also has some poor acting, cheap effects and horrible pompous sound score. But that's not all: If the message "God kill all bad people" is what Christianity is all about, I wonder why the New Testament was written. I also wonder, how such a fundamentalistic movie can get a decent review by anybody. It is good to know that there are people who agree with this message, but also more than a little scary.
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Summary: TBN, please make a better film on the end of the world!!
Review: This is TBN's second attempt at telling the story of how the anti-christ comes to power and it's really quite bad. The anti-christ also known as Stone Alexander, (played by a wide-eyed Michael York in overacting mode). Meanwhile his brother David, (Michael Biehn) is also high up in government and is also in love with his brother's wife, (Gabriella Francini). Now the film started off well enough, watching a young anti-christ at school brought back memories of the Omen, that is where all simulat but it soon degenerates into melodrama and suffers from a very poor script and uninspired acting. I really did not care for the characters either which is important in this kind of film. Now don't get me wrong, I as a christian enjoy a good movie about the end of the world, but it needs to have a good story to work out. And as with Omega Code, the ending is ridiculous, unless your in the know you would not know that Jesus has returned, the cheesy cgi devil just yells out "the nazerene", for some obscure reason. There is so much great material in the book of revelation, if the filmakers would use that as the basis and write the story around the events described there it could be sensational. I hear on the grapevine that there is a mini-series out soon on t.v. on revelation that is written by the same guy who wrote the Omen, that fills me with a little hope. Until then, steer clear of this one and check out "Revelation", by cloud ten pictures or "the Omen", "Left Behind 1 and 2." or better yet read the book!! TBN seem to have a penchant for making bad films and seem to get the christian message distorted, "Omega Code", "the Champion" and now "Megiddo" all suffer the same fate. Thanks for reading my review and have a good day.
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Summary: "the battle for the souls of men"
Review: This possible scenario of the Last Days is outrageously entertaining, with a script that delights after many viewings, and some fine performances.
It starts in 1960: Stone Alexander (the anti-christ) is the son of a media magnate, a horrid child who almost succeeds in immolating his baby brother. Ten years pass and we see him as a young (meaner and leaner) cadet, and then 25 years later, he appears as a full-blown menace, in the form of Michael York. Ten more years pass, and as the Chancellor of the United World Union, York makes the most of this part, and has some delicious dialogue; there is his sacrament, "This is my flesh, made foul with sin, etc...", and best of all, in a speech in Africa, where he is like Jimmy Swaggart in his heyday, with the words twisted inside-out. It is a brilliant piece of scripting and acting. Others in the cast that are noteworthy are Diane Venora, an actress who has never received her dues, is wonderful as Stone's wife, Michael Biehn is good as his brother, the president of the U.S., Udo Kier lurks about as "The Guardian", and R.Lee Ermey is marvelous as President Benson.
There are lovely scenes of Rome, and some of the sets are clever, like the old diner with a sign that reads "Hamburger $ 15.00, with cheese, $ 20.00". Nothing like world chaos to bring about a little inflation.
Not all the effects and battle scenes are believable, and it is far from being a "movie masterpiece", but if you are interested in Bible prophesy plots, this is a film that is fascinating as well as a loads of fun.
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Summary: Just as believable as any other christian fairy tale
Review: More offal from the TBN money machine that operates on the guilt and fear of the unintelligent. D-list actors, horrid script, clunky direction, cable-access quality cinematography - all I can say for it was the crappy special effects were kind of fun if you like that sort of thing.
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Summary: Propaganda for Christian Fundamentalism
Review: Megiddo doesn't only have one of the worst scripts ever, it also has some poor acting, cheap effects and horrible pompous sound score. But that's not all: If the message "God kill all bad people" is what Christianity is all about, I wonder why the New Testament was written. I also wonder, how such a fundamentalistic movie can get a decent review by anybody. It is good to know that there are people who agree with this message, but also more than a little scary.
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Summary: Good movie
Review: I enjoyed this movie a lot. I think the acting was great and so too was the storyline. I don't see non Christians laughing at this movie nor thinking the body of Christ weak. In fact, I loved the ending where the beast bowed on his knees and declared that JESUS is Lord.
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Summary: A very bad movie. With "bad" spelled "hideous"
Review: This would be a fairly standard action-B-movie if it weren't for the biblical story, the apocalyptic imagery and the usual "god-saves-the-day" ending that you might expect from such a rather fanatical production. Oh, yeah, it's blatantly pro-american/anti-international as well (coming close to racism at times). God had every right to sue the writer for plagiarizing his Cain &Abel tale, but giving insight to the rich (read: ludicrous) story, the classic (read: worn out) analogies and the enlighting (read: proselytising) morals is beyond the focus of that review, it's enough to say it's a complete mess. However, if you thought that catholics, the European Union and international charity work are the deeds of Satan, then, and only then this could have been a movie for you. But even the most glaring, christian fanatist/American nationalist (preferably both) will note that there are many other things wrong, really wrong, with this flick. The special effects are cheap, perhaps videogame niveau, the dialogues are not wothy the words to describe them, and the acting, well, the acting... I don't know, i haven't foound any. So, after all, is this a bad movie? Yes, yes it certainly is. It's both, religiously and politically questionable, but even if you ignore this (or even like this sort of stuff) it's still a truly horrible movie on its own. Buy or rent or nothing? If you are a collector of cineastic abnormities, you should have this one your collection, it's so hideous that it's nearly a sort of perverted fun to watch it.
Celluloid-SM if you wish. Still, everybody else should stay clear of this botch like it's a plaque of biblical dimension.
And in a way, it is.
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