Apocalypse IV: Judgment

This movie takes an interesting spin from the forerunner that had Helen Hannah in it, after being caught in TRIBULATION, she is now to be killed--but be humiliated first in the trial of the century. Backsotry: In the first or second film, her brother told us that she renounced France Macalusso on TV and went from renowned reporter to public enemy number 1 overnight. Now, after being caught, she must defend herself and stand up for God. One problem: The case has been scripted but Helen Hannah won't go down without saying what she has to say first. She starts working Mitch to ask questions that would probe the witnesses (including her brother who received the mark in the second one). Mitch's former flame and the prosecutor of this case the steely Victoria Thorne (this is a female character that I feel has been wonderfully scripted) is the arm of the law in O.N.E. court. Victoria tells Mitch that he must stick to the script, but when he deviates from it she starts to get suspicious as the games start but death is the result of losing this dangerous game Mitch finds out that a bus attack was O.N.E. instead of Christians called 'haters' and is referenced to in the film also. JT (Mr.T) tries to get something done so he can teach the O.N.E. a lesson but this time he wants to resort to violence and goes off on his own and receives a black market mark. Mitch starts finding out the truth and finds out that Helen's right in what she is saying. In the end, good prevails and he renounces the mark (black market mark) and Macalusso and is shot by Victoria Thorne. Helen Hannah escapes also, and Selma seen in all but one of the films (the ones I've seen) testifies on behalf of God as does Helen. This is a great story but more importantly it is an account that will be multiplied in the end times and it is coming soon, we know neither the hour nor the day. It is a wonderfully written film and I'd love to get the series when it is available.

SPOILERS ALERT Good acting but bad script. They really stretch the limits of logic in this well acted but poorly written fundamentalist hallucination. The "poor me" fundamentalist martyr that has done no wrong and committed no crime is being persecuted by all the non-believers who have suddenly been cured of all illness and now have telekinetic powers. Not exactly true to life. I didn't see any "believer" references to blowing up abortion clinics, lying, cheating, treating the poor badly, war mongering, putting money over people, racism, sexism, and hatred of immigrants , or of blindly following Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and FoxNews (The real modern deceivers in my opinion). Of course those people must have been raptured up to heaven before the real conflict starts. Scientists are portrayed as deep religious believers in someone claiming to be God (Lucifer) without any question or usual scientific analysis. The judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney all take their queues from the devil and the injustice just builds and builds for the true believers as everything is stacked against the defendant. In my humble opinion they laid it on as thick as honey. The "proof" that the defense offers asks the audience - Is two plus two four no matter how many people think it is five? They would have been better in comparing MSNBC to FoxNews where Fox says it must have a monopoly on the truth because their ratings are higher. For the English majors out there it's called "argumentum ad populum" meaning it must be true because its popular. It's a good rental and moves along at a good pace, but if they wanted to defend God they did it in a really insulting way. God gave us brains and we should use them. There is a difference between enlightened faith and blind faith. Sadly, the movie takes the later approach.

I believe the movie was awesome especially for those who really have read the word of God, what was seen is really what can happen at that time in History. So check yourself and get your house in order, if you are a non-believer that's fine because no one has a Heaven or Hell to put you in, you send yourself there. To the cast and crew from the movie Judgment, keep on doing the work for the Lord. I am not going to respond to the lame comments that others made about this great movie, but I will say, that the characters in this movie were phenomenal, it's really hard work especially, when you talk about doing a movie nowadays about the end times and tribulation, trials, etc... I was very thrilled and excited to watch this, movie.

In an unidentified period in the future, nations become just one in the One Nation Earth, leaded by Franco "Lucifer" Macalousso (Nick Mancuso). The Christian opposers, leaded by Helen Hannah (Leigh Lewis), are systematically eliminated and Helen is put on trial in the O.N.E. Court of Justice. Her lawyer is Mitch Kendrick (Corbin Bernsen), a man who lost his father, murdered by the followers of Lucifer, and the attorney is his ex-lover Victoria Thorne (Jessica Steen). On the beginning of the trial, Mitch changes the defender, stating that Jesus Christ should be judged, and not his follower Helen, beginning the greatest trial in the history of mankind. The premise of "Judgement" is very interesting, but the movie is horrible. The screenplay is awful, having situations, development of characters and lines very shallow, and sometimes very ridiculous. The acting, with the exceptions of Leigh Lewis and Corbin Bernsen, is terrible. The "actor" called "Mr. T" is unbelievable, probably one of the worst performance I have ever seen. A couple of weeks ago I saw another Christian movie ("Left Behind") and I liked it, but "Judgement" is really a bad movie, for Christians only. My vote is four. Title (Brazil): "O Julgamento" ("The Judgement")

Although there have been a number of movies attempting to portray these events, and so many of them have been very poor, this movie does an excellent job! One must have a strong intellect and an open mind to understand why this is such a great movie and the actors do a very good job. Unfortunately most who have discussed this movie are commenting on the content rather than the production. Because they disagree with Biblical themes, this movie tends to hurt their puerile little feelings and, they intensely dislike the movie on that prejudice. They claim that evangelicals are judging them...while they are clearly judging those of whom they accuse! They claim short-sightedness...which they demonstrate in their lack of objectivity. And many claim intellectual insults...while they err in their spelling. Sad, but typical of the declining U.S. culture. As George Bernard Shaw once stated: "some people think they are thinking when they are really just rearranging their prejudices".

I realize that this is what is considered to be a "B" grade movie, but what can you expect with Hollywood not wanting to pour money into a movie that only a small percentage of people are going to watch. The people in this movie may not all be big name actors, but some of them are. I, for one, am pleased to see Christian actors doing a movie, not for the money they will make, but for the message that it brings. If you liked this movie, please watch Left Behind, it explains the Rapture in greater detail and is more of a descriptive movie than a "thriller." There is also Left Behind II-Tribulation Force, and Left Behind-World War III (which is called Nicolae in the book series) is coming soon. Also there is Deceived, Tribulation, and Revelation. These are all movies made by "Cloud Ten" productions. Thanks, good luck, and God Bless

first I'd like to say that I am a firm believer in Christ and his Gospel, and I respect these Christians for TRYING to make a decent film. I also love to laugh at bad movies. With this said, I can honestly say that this movie was HILARIOUSLY AWFUL! Every character with the exception of the lawyer and maybe Hannah or whoever was as flat as if they'd been run over by a steamroller. The arguing about the resurrection part of the courtroom sounded like a plug from a book by Josh McDowell. The Antichrist guy just looked like some frumpy dude with alot of regalia. It was never explained why this was the Greatest Trial In History or whatever - it looked like just another Christian being persecuted. The part about the baby killing could have turned out to be interesting if the lawyer had used the evidence, but that was completely abandoned and left us scratching our heads as to why it was included in the first place. The ending was abrupt and just as unsatisfying as the rest of the movie (do they all die? do they get away? will there be a sequel? who knows???) The best (or worst) thing about this film was the almighty MR T. Everything he said was barked in familiar Mr. T fashion, which increacesed the hilarious rating of this movie to "over the roof." His role as the Christian who wants to act too fast instead of sitting around and "waiting on God" was perfect for him, but like someone else said, he is the exact same person as he is on the A Team. Christian filmmakers, if you're reading this, PLEASE, PLEASE make good movies. The last thing we need is another bad Christian movie. Good movies include original plots, characters with depth, well written scripts, put together in a way that is not formulaic, contrived, or cliched. Characters are not just props to plug your message into. The message needs to come through in the whole story, which is told by the lighting, the soundtrack, the camera, the dialogue, and just about every other aspect. In "Judgement," the message came may have come through, but the story didn't.

I liked this relatively low budget, but entertaining film. Setting is the future time known (in the Bible) as "The Great Tribulation": According to some Christian scholars (yes, there is disagreement on the details of the end time)...according to some, there will be approximately 7 years when a great, charismatic, peace making brilliant man unites all the world "One World Earth"!!! Peace and unity. No "nationism" All nations as One!!! Just one tiny problem. The charming charismatic world leader, who actually brought peace (temporarily) to Israel and has seemed to stop all wars, is basically Satan or a total tool of Satan. Think of a larger than life Hitler or Stalin. This charismatic world leader (here named Franco Maccalouso) has previously mandated (on pain of death) that all must bear some kind of identifying mark on their hand or forehead. No one can buy or sell without it either. And he wants to encourage his people to turn in any known Christians (which he calls "haters") so he can kill them. Thus, he sets up a televised scripted trial of a prominent world-famous "hater" former broadcaster and news person Helen Hannah, to incite the world against those who choose Jesus over him. (Here, imagine the show trials and/or faked signed confessions Hitler or Stalin extracted from some of their high profile victims...) Enter Corbin Bernsen playing the disturbed and depressed lawyer forced by bitter former lover Jessica Steen to act as Helen's defense attorney. Yes, there's a bit of LA Law here. The best scenes in the movie take place in this surreal round courtroom, where judge and audience are elevated on platforms maybe 15 feet high above the lawyers and defendant. If you like courtroom dramas, this is a reasonably good movie for you to watch, whatever your beliefs (or anti-beliefs). Bernsen's courtroom sparring with Steen, and with witnesses, is quite good. And my young son likes Mr. T. the tough "hater" activist in the subplot... PS If you are a lawyer, watch for an amazing reference to the founder of the Harvard Law School, Simon Greenleaf, a world renowned expert on evidence. This isn't the Da Vinci Code with its bad scholarship. This reference will stand. Be sure to check the reference for yourself!!!

Jessica Steen's character was not typical to any she has played in the past, thus her believable performance was quite an achievement. She is a very talented and diverse actress still waiting to truly be discovered!

Being a huge fan of this incredible series of Last Day Films, AND of Cloud Ten Pictures, I was anxious to see the next installment, following up the action-packed, suspenseful, previous films. In comparison to parts 2 and 3, this movie seemed out of place. It did not have the expected suspense and action we have come to expect, and it seemed to fall just a little short as a court-room drama. But as a movie that stands alone, not to be compared, I can honestly say it was still a good film. The plot was interesting, and the characters were true to themselves. After being led to believe thet Helen Hannah died in the third film, I was confused when I saw the previews of this one, and she was the main charactor again. But after watching this one, the explanation of her being alive was very acceptable, and a pleasant suprize. Leigh Lewis does an OUTSTANDING job as Helen, and we have grown to LOVE this character, and no one can replace the sinister face of Nick Mancuso as the antichrist. Corbin Bernsen reminded me of William Shatner, a tad TOO dramatic, but yet, acceptable in the role as Mitch, the reluctant lawyer. And I must say, I have always been an admirer of Mr.T, and knowing about his real life Christianity has caused me to respect him more, but his acting skills are weak. He has only mastered ONE style and that style is seen in every film he does. Watching him BARK out his lines without EVER changing his facial expressions, got a little old after the first few minutes. All in all, it was a very good film with a POWER-PACKED message. Cloud Ten Pictures have set the standard for Christian films, that none have been able to top. Hollywood WILL be feeling the effects. if this series continues with another sequel, I can only hope it returns to the same action and suspense we have come to expect from the 2nd and 3rd parts. Thank you Cloud Ten, for still giving us quality films we can watch, and enjoy, and share with our friends. I remain faithful and loyal.