Left Behind II: Tribulation Force

Continuation of the 2000 faith based drama centered on the Apocalypse - Left Behind. This installment gets interesting early when it starts getting into the subject of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but I felt it was a bit more preachy and more relationship centric than the first. The portrayal of the two witnesses was also of interest and the ending was very sufficient in creating anticipation for the next installment.

Not a fan of Kirk Cameron or his sister Candace Cameron Bure they are not real Christians to much hypocrisy.

Better than it's predecessor and it really made the movie better with the actors who played the two witnesses and the testimony of Ben Judah toward the end.

Left Behind II: Left Behinder is a little more self-aware of its limitations than the first movie, but is even more boringer and rambling. Fire breathing guys at the end were pretty cool though.

"An inspiring sequel that surpasses its predecessor by far."

it actually gives us a plot this time, but cheese rains supreme still. The person who wrote the dialogue in this movie shouldn't be allowed to make another screenplay again. But the climax was pretty good and there were brief shimmers of amazing acting. Probably the best Left Behind movie, but that's not saying much. 5.5/10

I thought I had made a pact with myself to not watch the sequels. I despise the original film, I really do, as it is not only one of the absolute worst religious films I've ever seen, but beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of the top 100 worst films I've ever seen - and this sequel is no better. When I came across this film, I knew I had to face it and get it over with, as much as I loathed the original film. I also had a small hope that maybe, just maybe it might be a better film than the original film. Honestly, I can't decide which one I hate more as they are both pretty much equally shitty. These films (Along with most other Christian films) are nothing but complete insults to people who follow the religion. I myself am not particularly religious, but I do know a number of people who are Christians who are perfectly intelligent, very nice, and very good people (Even though I disagree with them regarding certain issues). This is the kind of Christian film that treats its desired audience as if all of them are intolerant, dumb-as-fuck morons and will only appeal to fundamentalist psychos who love to shriek about how everything in this world is evil and force their opinions upon everyone else. The film takes place shortly after the events of the original, after millions across the globe have disappeared. Now, the president of the United Nations, Nicolae Carpathia (The Antichrist villain of the story) is basically taking over the world with his inspiring speeches that say that Heaven and Hell no longer exist and the world should have one unifying religion. However, don't worry, Buck Williams and his friends are here to stop the Antichrist, convert many people, and hammer their religion mercilessly upon people as they join together to stop the evil that is taking place, while also having other scenarios unfold, like Buck Williams falling in love and how awesome Buck Williams is as a super duper reporter. The story in the film is absolute garbage, even though it is trying to take elements from the Bible and trying to blend them together for a contemporary audience. The end result however, is an endless wave of heavy-handed sermonizing that blasts all other forms of thinking (How dare you have different beliefs and ideas, you evil hellion!) that are not Christian. It is almost endless Bible-thumping in a way that is not compelling or interesting, but feels smug and looks down on the viewer. It also feels very hokey and downright stupid in the way that its presented, complete with a bunch of unlikable asshole characters (Especially Kirk Cameron as Buck Williams). Whenever I even so much as saw Kirk Cameron on the screen, I wanted someone to punch him in the face. I've never watched his show and I haven't followed him much in terms of research, but he has an aura of douchebaggery that surrounds him and I hated every moment of watching him on that screen, which was made worse when he spoke and "acted," so to speak. He is also by far, the worst actor of the bunch and I am now convinced that no film-maker should ever cast him in any of their films because casting him is like starting off a project by shooting yourself in the foot. He is a terrible actor and seems to be an all around douchebag who I never once rooted for despite him being the hero. It also doesn't help that his character seems to be a wish fulfillment because his character seems to be so super duper awesome at everything and can always get out of a jam in the knick of time, with all the blessings of God around him. It also doesn't help that the direction is flat and boring and there are also some things that just don't make sense (You know for a world supposedly in the midst of a crisis, things seem to be mostly normal with only a few cities becoming partial ghettos. Where's the Mad Max or Escape From New York/L.A. dystopian wastelands?). Even when some action scenes occur (Like some shooting scenes which are lame as fuck), the film is flat and boring the whole way. It's a horrible religious film, a horrible drama, a horrible end of the world film, a horrible vanity project, and an all around horrible film that does nothing to improve upon its horrible and unholy catastrophe of a predecessor. Every person who participated in this film should be ashamed and instead end up portraying the worst stereotypes of Christians who go against their own religion. It's a smug film that thinks it's above everyone else (Especially the aura given by Kirk Cameron). This film will only appeal to moronic fundamentalists who worship at the altars of Kirk Cameron and bad Christian films and no one else. One thing's for certain: if getting into Heaven means having to join people like Kirk Cameron, I'd rather burn in Hell because that would be greatly preferable.

Writing is a little better. Only a little though. Kinda like a bad christian action movie. Still heavy on the dogma and the conspiracy, but after the first one that is what the series is built upon. Still looks like something from the late 80s or early 90s, as opposed to 2002. It even sounds like they purposely made Nicolae's accent heavier to play up the xenophobia.

its good would love to see again

wish there had been more into this one as their was the first one.