Left behind finds commercial airline pilot ray steele nicholas cage struggling to keep his passengers calm and his plane afloat after the biblical rapture strikes midflight. Left behind is a series of 16 bestselling religious novels by tim lahaye and jerry b. Jenkins, and starring nicolas cage, chad michael murray, cassi thomson, nicky whelan, and jordin sparks, the film was released to theaters on october 3, 2014, and was universally panned by critics. A reporter left behind learns that the antichrist will soon take power. Left behind nicolas cage has rarely looked more miserable than in this dreadful update of an already dreadfully adapted faithbased property. Jenkins, dealing with christian dispensationalist end times. Vanished is a spinoff of the popular left behind book series. A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction. I wouldnt dream of giving away the detailsmysterious ways, and allbut i will say that it involves the petite chloe driving a steamroller in the dead of night on a deserted stretch of highway thats under construction.
Tim lahaye dating the book of revelationwhy it matters two tyndale authors to debate the dating of revelation the rising dramatic audio editionfree trailer available writing for the soul conference left behind video game. Left behind follows rayford steele nicolas cage who is piloting a. Based on the novel of the same name written by tim lahaye and jerry b. This is a slimmeddown story compared to the 2000 straighttovideo left behind movie with kirk cameron though a mankindvs. Only concern is that the witnesses and ben judah were marginalized in the film. The movie about the rapture, in which all of the worlds good people are whisked away to heaven, leaving the rest behind. Tim lahaye, left behind coauthor and evangelical leader, passes at 90 tim lahaye responds to campings failed predictions by dr. It should have more smoldering panic bursting into. The films were produced by cloud ten pictures and directed by vic sarin left behind. Left behind is essentially a bad disaster movie, but i swear to god ive seen worse movies this year, and worse nicolas cage movies at that. Produced by cloud ten productions, a christian filmmaking concern, left behind was released with an unusual marketing strategy the film was made available on. Theres some general chaos, shouting, pushing, shoving, and looting, as well as a plane crash scene. As the story moves on our heroes discover that people were rapture in to heaven and now its up to those who were left behind to convert the rest of the world to christianity and battle the antichrist. The kids for the series aimed at young readers, as well as the young trib force series, which combines the kids series and ties it to this one.
A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos. This time, however, it was released to theaters and stars nicolas cage. Tribulation force is a 2002 christian apocalypticthriller film, and the second in a series of films based on the left behind book series written by tim lahaye and jerry jenkins. A movie about the rapture starring nicolas cage should be wackier than left behind. It was produced and distributed by cloud ten pictures and namesake entertainment. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. The left behind trilogy kicked off in 2000 with the first movie in the series left behind.
Left behind leaves the truth behind tomorrows world. The film was directed by bill corcoran, and stars kirk cameron and brad johnson. I went to see left behind as a selfdescribed proponent of the pretrib rapture doctrine and armchair movie critic. Parents need to know that left behind is the biggerbudget reboot of 2000s indie hit left behind. The left behind trilogy 3 dvd collection features the three original films, left behind, left behind ii. The lalonde brothers one of whom became a christian due to an evangelistic film have spent an unprecedented 17. Kirk cameron stars as buck williams, along with brad johnson, janaya. In 2002 a second film was released staring bob carlisle, russ lee, bill corcoran, kirk cameron, and in 2005 the series was completed with left behind. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items.
Airline pilot ray steele brad johnson discovers that dozens of the passengers on his flight have disappeared suddenly, but their belongings and clothes remain. Left behind bears some of the hallmarks of a madefortv religious movie, including a bland, schmaltzy, and often totally inappropriate score it ends with a contemporary gospelsounding cover. The foregoing is the promotional blurb for the first volume in the socalled leftbehind series, coauthored by jerry b. A prominent pastor, tim lahaye 19262016 was a new york times bestselling author of more than 70 books, many on biblical prophecy and endtimes. World at war picks up 18 months after the close of the first sequel. It is based not just on the first in a series of bestselling books, but also on the biblical book of revelations, and is made by people who care as much about teaching their views of the word of god as they do about making an exciting movie. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. A teenage girl named gabby and her younger sister, claire, must fend for themselves in a dangerous world when god takes their christian mother and all other believers to heaven, as.
With kirk cameron, brad johnson, janaya stephens, clarence gilyard jr the biblical prophecy of armegeddon begins when the rapture instantly takes all believers in christ from the earth. The plot begins to unfold a planned strike against the united states. Left behind fanfiction archive with over 206 stories. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the tribulation force, an underground network of converts, against the nwo. Many christian movies are simply so forced in plot as to bring the scene to a christian altarcall that the only word that can be used to describe them is contrived. When the plane lands, everyone aboard learns that millions of people vanished at once, leaving chaos worldwide. Watch left behind online stream full movie directv. The series of seven books is creating a sensation among religious readers and apparently becoming an effective medium for the advocacy of the eschatological end of time dogma known as dispensational. The film opens with president fitzhugh beginning to have some doubts about his decision. Left behind is a terrible movie, bad in almost every way, not even qualifying as sobaditsgood material. Left behind finally edges toward an enjoyable level of insanity as it reaches its conclusion. This is the core series of left behind novels for adult readers. Left behind film series is based on the left behind bestselling book series by tim lahaye and jerry b. I cant in good faith tell you to see it, but id be.
Airline captain rayford steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. On october 3, 2014, left behind hit theatersa reboot of the 2000 film based on the best selling, rapture theorypromoting book left behind by tim lahaye and jerry jenkins. The film alternates between scenes taking place on the plane, with the left behind passengers understandably panicking, and chloe desperately attempting to find her brother amid the ensuing chaos. Based on the bestselling novel, left behind is overflowing suspense, action and adventure. The antichrist has achieved world peace, and nearly all the leaders of the world are behind his leadership. Third in a series of films based on the bestselling novels by tim lahaye and.
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the world disappear. With kirk cameron, brad johnson, janaya stephens, clarence gilyard jr the biblical prophecy of armegeddon begins when the. With nicolas cage, lea thompson, cassi thomson, chad michael murray. Jenkins, and starring nicolas cage, chad michael murray, cassi thomson, nicky whelan, and jordin sparks, the film was released to theaters on october 3, 2014, and was universally. Left behind is the second attempt at a film of the book of the first left behind book, covering the first half of the book, loosely. One thing i usually cant stand in movies is when i am being preached at and left behind the most preachy film i have ever seen in my life. Left behind, the muchanticipated film about the beginning of the end of the world, is exactly what you think it is. A novel of the earths last days is a bestselling novel by tim lahaye and jerry b. A nineyear legal dispute between the producers of the left behind movies and tim lahaye, who coauthored the books, came to an end last week when a settlement was reached between both parties. The official facebook page for left behind, a short postapocalyptic drama developed by film students at sheffield hallam university. Kirk cameron stars as buck williams, along with brad johnson, janaya stephens. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
The film was directed by vic armstrong and produced by stoney lake entertainment. This book and others in the series give narrative form to a specific eschatological reading of the christian bible, particularly the book of revelation inspired by dispensationalism and premillennialism. Left behind is a 2000 canadianamerican religious science fiction thriller film directed by vic sarin and starring kirk cameron, brad johnson, gordon currie, and clarence gilyard. A bigscreen reboot of the directtovideo, faithbased films based on the best selling series by jeffrey b. The producers behind left behind know it and are committed to getting that message to hollywood. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the tribulation force, an underground network of converts, against the nwoesque organization. After a young woman is orphaned, she stays with her aunt, where strange and unexplained disappearances begin to occur.
This christian dvd set also includes a disc of bonus features with a special behindthescenes documentary, showing what it was like to film, edit, and produce these three movies. Left behind trilogy 3 dvd collection christian movies. Left behind is a 2014 american apocalyptic thriller film directed by vic armstrong and written by paul lalonde and john patus. This riveting motion picture will take you on a spellbinding journey through the most mysterious book of the bible the book of revelation.
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