Apocalypse - Caught In the Eye of the Storm (1998)

Not a Promising Start to a Series

This is the first in a series of four DVDs. Apocalypse continues in the tradition of the Left Behind movies but on a much smaller budget, bad acting and worse script. In this production you have a male and female co-anchor of a news network caught in the middle as armies descend into the Valley of Armageddon, millions of people vanish, and a charismatic leader arises.

Of course this rapture movie that is suppose to help in the premillennial evangelical crowd convince people of their beliefs looks as if it is filmed with a videocassette recorder with some old news real stock spliced in. It did not help the film any by having those who were "raptured" across the world leave behind all their clothes washed and folded; and one even is able to leave a written note behind. The movie does do a good job at showing you how a person with no conscience who wants absolute power turns a population's anger on some innocent group.

The soundtrack has some good Christian music on it, but that is understandable when you read the credits and see the small recording label donated the songs for the movies use. Yet no credits are given from the old newsreel tragedies that were used. If you want to watch this, do as I am doing with the series, check it out from the library. You will not want to watch it more then once.
September 28, 2007

Apocalypse

I absolutely love this movie and have watched it several times. It starts out with a war in Israel and is Biblically based. This is an excellent witnessing tool to use when talking about Christ's love for us. April 21, 2007

Low-Budget But Worth Watching

If you don't get bogged down in such little details as the Israeli general being a latino actor trying to do an Israeli accent (is there such a thing?), or the Jordanian general looking a lot more "white" or European than the Israeli general, or the really obvious Canadian accents coming from the mouths of most of the other actors (Canadians should never be allowed to play anything but Canadians or, if they do, they should never be allowed to speak - like the electric company manager's son in Category 6), this movie is worth watching.

Since the 1970s, various groups have tried to make movies depicting what they believe will transpire during the seven years often referred to among evangelical Christians as the tribulation period - that period being preceeded by an event often called "the rapture" (Titus 2:13 refers to it as "the blessed hope"), wherein Jesus Christ removes His Church from the world. Apocalypse doesn't do a bad job of such a depiction, though I do disagree with the order of events (for example, I'm among the many evangelicals who believe the "battle of Armageddon" will take place at the end of the tribulation, not the beginning). Having an American Secretary of State attributing the disappearance of all the nuclear weapons, the bullets flying in the air, etc. to God (by which he meant this Franco Maccaluso guy who was head of the European Union); having an admiral named Jim Kirk; and having this Franco Maccaluso guy come out on worldwide television and declaring himself to be the god of our fathers (and having the reporters who were surrounding him nodding their heads in agreement) detracted from the credibility of the film. And, again, all those obviously Canadian accents!!!!!!

There are better quality films but this one does have reporters examining the biblical evidence surrounding these momentous events - oh, wait a minute, maybe that also detracts from the film's credibility; after all, reporters today don't actually investigate anything, they just put their political spin (liberal or conservative) on events and try to make people think what they're reporting is the truth.

The soundtrack - Amazon really does need to find copies of the CD soundtrack - was great, though one of the songs on the soundtrack wasn't in the movie (though I think it should have been). March 22, 2007

It's awful!

It is one of the most awful film I had ever watched. Poor acting and poor script would be a good summary of the movie. The preaching is heavy-handed and causes one to cringe in embarassment for the actor/actress. It is a movie for the converted. It does not entertain; it does not advance human knowledge or understanding; it does not spread the message of tolerance or of love. It does not even pretend to empathise or accept the diversity of religious beliefs on our planet earth. It just full of righteous posturing. January 18, 2007

Great move

I saw this movie after I saw the left behind films.I wanted to see more films made by Cloud ten pictures. Now for the people who are Complaning how this film is low budgit you have to remember that this was the first move made by this company. I found it to be enjoyable waile at the same time it as a good message. As I went on the the apocalypse series witch are Revelation Tribulation and Judgement. I found the prodution and quality of the movies to improve but stay with the truth from the bible. They also anounced anoter apocalypse movie titled Apocalpse V. As well aas An Apocalpse tv series. They won't be relised until late 2007 but I am also exited about them.Ther web site is [...] Check out this movie an enjoy the story. Don't Complaine about how low budgit it is. December 28, 2006

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