It apparently only have been a couple of months since I had seen the first installment "Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End" but I basically remember very little about it. But whatever that first movie must have done wrong, this one got right, since I actually quite liked and enjoyed watching this movie, despite of its religious themes and propaganda.

Whether you are a Christian or not, you have to admit that most faith based movies just aren't very good ones. They are cheap looking, with most of the time some bad acting and predictable story lines in it. And while this is not a great movie by any means, it at least is a pretty good looking and well made one, that also offers plenty of excitement and surprises in it.

It's not like this movie features or very solid or engaging main plot in it though. As a matter of fact; that's the one main thing lacking from this movie. I don't really know what the main character is trying to do or achieve and I don't really know or understand who all of these other people are and what their story is exactly. It's never really clear what the main goal of this movie is supposed to be, other than 'spreading the word of God' and be religious propaganda.

One of the things that also always bother me about movies dealing with the rapture is that there never is a sense of panic or despair in any of them. People instead seem to be happy and treat it like the most glorious thing that ever happened to them, even though God 'took away' a lot of their loved ones. Life simply goes on, which is also one of the reasons why I liked the movie "Rapture-Palooza" so much. It poked perfect fun at all of this.

But really, out of all the faith based movies that I have seen thus far, this probably is the best one. It's a quality movie that look at, that never bores with anything or starts to drag due to all of its religious themes. It isn't all preachy in a preachy kind of way, which makes this movie definitely less annoying to watch than most other religious movies out there. It's not really necessary for you to be a believer, in order to enjoy watching this movie, though it of course helps if you are a Christian already.

Really don't think that this movie is going to convert anyone to Christianity but I sincerely do believe that Christians themselves will really enjoy watching this movie, as will some non-believers, since it isn't constantly all in your face with its religious themes.

6/10

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As far as Christian movies go, this isn't the worst or most obnoxious and annoying one to watch, though it does become nearly unwatchable toward its end.

Thing that always confuses me about this sort of Christian propaganda movies is that I just don't understand who they are made for exactly. Are they made for Christans, to strengthen their faith further? (I don't see how this movie could do that) Or perhaps they are simply meant to bring some Christian themed entertainment to believers? (in that case, this movie would be doing an extremely poor job with it) Or is it meant to open people's eyes and turn nonbelievers into believers? (I don't see how this movie could convert anyone though) In either case, this movie is a far from effective or good enough one, for any sort of demographic out there.

It's not like Christian propaganda per definition is something bad or lame. I mean, it obviously still could work out but just not when you don't really have the skills or ideas to create a decent enough movie out of.

Problem is that this is a very poorly structured movie, that still was following a decent enough story for its first half but throws everything overboard during its second half. It's just a big jumbled mess to be frank. All of the story- and character development is gone, as the movie seems more concerned with telling and showing you all kinds of faith related stuff. And it's not like the movie is doing anything good or interesting with it either. How many movies are there out there in which the main characters starts off as a nonbeliever but slowly and steadily starts to 'see the light', as the movie progresses.

And really, it's doing everything in a far from involving way. I was actually quite bored throughout most part of the movie, also not in the least because it's very apparent, very early on already, what this movie is trying to do and tell and where it's heading at with its story and main character.

The movie tries to present itself like some sort of hip and action packed post-apocalyptic movie (the story involves the rapture, or well at least the buildup to it. If you want to see more of it, you need to wait for the sequel to come out apparently) but in truth, there is hardly any action in this movie at all. I also just don't get why this movie had to involve a very stereotypical and over-the-top, criminal, biker-gang, that you normally would expect to see in a "Mad Max" movie.

Perhaps, with God's will, the sequel is going to shed some more light on the mumbled messages of this movie and will answer some of the questions this movie leaves, though I don't really have much faith in it...

3/10

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Well, that was disappointing. The movie started off so well, until it turned into a body-switch type of movie, with a very heavy religious undertone to it.

Reason why I really liked the first few minutes of the movie was because it made it seem like it was going to be an enjoyable mixture of drama and comedy, about some real life issues. We all reach a point in life in which we look both back and forward and wonder to ourselves if this is it, or if there is perhaps more to get out of our lives. This however wasn't at all the direction the movie was going for, as it later turned out.

Basically the message of this movie is; 'stop complaining and be happy and grateful for what you have and don't think about what you could have had or want to have. If only things were truly that easy and black and white. This movie is not about real life but it's a Christian utopia of how family life should be like. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that all of the messages this movie is trying to send out are wrong or just plain crazy but the movie isn't exactly subtle or effective with anything. It shoves its messages down your throat and it does so by also creating some not so likely situations. The 'solutions' this movie is providing are ludicrous and it's basically saying 'Pray to your God and all your problems will be solved, no matter what your issues are and you'll be happy in life'. The movie never gets realistic or engaging enough to consider this an effective movie and all of its messages therefore also fell incredibly flat.

At least the movie was somewhat bearable, for most of its running time. However the reason why I'm still giving it an extremely low rating is because of its final minutes, in which it goes completely overboard with its religious messages. Be good to your family, porn is evil, don't have sex when you're in your teens, be kind to animals and never ever under any circumstances get a divorce. Oh and go to church of course! It's all trying to cram this into its final minutes, which was just too much to take and felt incredibly annoying, as well as ineffective.

Also an annoying aspect about this movie is that 10 minutes in you are already getting this movie its point but yet it's spending the next 80 minutes to tell and show you the same things over and over again. It beats you over the head with its messages and could had basically wrapped things up- and reached its conclusion one hour earlier.

The church might approve of this movie but I surely don't.

3/10

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