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It's been said before, but it bears repeating - the end of the world ala The Bible would make one helluva great apocalyptic disaster epic. Think about it: the arrival of the fabled Four Horsemen; the ascension of the saved; the raising of the dead; the Judgment of the entire world; the ultimate devastation of everything we know. Give it to the right visionary producer, higher a slick, up and coming director, load the mutha with CGI and spectacle, and you'd have a glorious, God driven hit. Of course, you could up the evangelistic facets, cut back on the F/X, and bathe everything in a b-movie mediocrity that misses the point entirely. The converted don't need to be pandered to - they already get the need for redemption. It's the sinner that needs to be swayed. Unfortunately, nothing in the Left Behind films will provide such salvation. While based on wildly successful...Read the entire review

God don't make trash, but Peter and Paul Lalonde have taken several shots at it themselves. Most recently, they pulled a fast one on everyone involved with Left Behind: The Movie by releasing the Bible-based doomsday thriller on home video several weeks before its anemic theatrical release. Still, given its modest budget, the movie HAS pocketed a tidy profit and further proved there's a veracious market for faith-based flicks -- no matter how LOUSY they are. The Brothers Lalonde have long exploited that fact with a series of End Times-obsessed flicks: Apocalypse, Revelation and Tribulation. Each harping the same tired tune, but with escalating budgets and in turn, luring Holl...Read the entire review