Sunday 26 October 2014

Film Review: Left Behind

Genre: Action  Sci-Fi  Thriller 

Cert: 12A (PG-13)

Director: Vic Armstrong

Screen writer: Jerry B. Jenkins , Tim LaHaye , Paul Lalonde , John Patus

Starring: Nicolas Cage , Lea Thompson , Chad Michael Murray , Nicky Whelan , Cassi Thomson , Quinton Aaron , Jordin Sparks , Martin Klebba , Laura Cayouette , Stephanie Honoré , William Ragsdale , Judd Lormand , Major Dodson , Candice Michele Barley , Ashton Leigh

Running time: 110 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: A woman watches her airline pilot father walking with a flight attendant that is smiling and staring at him; she stares at him as she looks up and down the length of his body.

A man kisses a woman on the cheek.

A woman becomes friends with a man and it is implied that they begin a romantic relationship when they hug for several seconds in a later scene.

A woman asks her father where his wedding ring is and he says that he does not wear it when he is flying, but that he and his wife are not getting a divorce.

A husband says that his wife talks about God too much and remarks, "If she's gonna run off with another man, why not Jesus?"

A married man ends a relationship that he is having with another woman and the second woman tells a friend that she and the pilot never had sex.

Throughout the film a college-aged woman wears a long-sleeved shirt open at the neck and exposing some cleavage.

A flight attendant wears a long-sleeved shirt that gaps a bit at the openings between buttons (we see no flesh or undergarments).

A few women in an airport terminal wear short shorts.

One woman on a plane wears a tight sweater that accentuates her ample bosom.

Violence & Gore: Various even happen lending to some intense moments people rioting & people being scared.

Profanity:  2 mild obscenities, 6 religious exclamations (Oh God, Thank God, Thank You God, Jeez Louise, God Knows What, Holy Cow) and exclamations (shut-up.)

Name-calling (crazy, insane, nutty and wacko.)

Stereotypical references to pilots, flight attendants, reporters, wives, mothers, fathers, single parents, teenagers, the elderly, Christians, Muslims, skeptics, conspiracy theorists, US Southerners, African Americans, little people and drug addicts.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:A woman on a plane shakes and shivers in her seat and runs to the bathroom where she looks into the mirror and says, "It's a bad trip. You've had them before" (referring to drug use.)

A reporter sees injection track marks on a woman's arm.

A bottle of wine is shown in a corner of a kitchen counter in a house.

A flight attendant carries a bottle of champagne to the service area in the front of a plane.

An airline passenger calls for a Scotch that we never see.

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Destruction images.

When the Rapture occurs, people disappear, causing general panic.

There's a minor plane collision and an intense, forced plane landing, with lots of fire.

Viewers hear a story of a woman and children who died in a flood.



Story: A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction. 

Likes : Left Behind is an American apocalyptic thriller film directed by Vic Armstrong and written by Paul LaLonde and John Patus. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It is one of two films based on the novel, the other being Left Behind: The Movie from 2000.
 The film follow a story line as Chloe Steele played by (Cassi Thomson) has flown in from college to surprise her father pilot Rayford Steele (Nicolas Cage) for his birthday party as her mother quickly informs her, however, that her father cannot make it. While at the airport waiting for him, Chloe meets up with investigative reporter Cameron "Buck" Williams (Chad Michael Murray).
It not long after this we get to see the plot of the film as thing start to suddenly happen, all hell breaks lose, The only problem this film dose have is the concept of the film is heavily on religious beliefs i can see why this film hasn't got great reviews which is a shame because the acting is good.

Dislikes : Here the problem problem's with this film, the lack of understanding people sins, there is nothing to explain why these people are the only one left behind which should have been explain in more content, the music sound track serious sound like a bad elevator music,  Casually calm characters on the air-plane after one of the most horrifying events known to mankind has just occurred make this so unbelievable. Out of place comedic relief. The film its self dosent feel like a cinema movie, it feel like a cheaply made SyFy channel movie at best, for this type of concept this film could of been so much better, this film is a bad disaster & barely watchable at best.

Overall : Best on an age old religious event that is badly told, good acting but poor written.

Rating: 3.2 out of 5 for entertainment / 3.1 out of 10 for concept . scripted writing.




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