Countdown: Jerusalem Movie
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The end isn't near... It's here.
In this Christian-themed action movie, a journalist searches for her daughter as a series of catastrophic disasters push a destabilized society toward the brink of global war.
| Kim Little | Allison |
| Clint Browning | Joseph |
| Russell Reynolds | Itzhak |
| Mark Hengst | Mark Thompson |
| Audrey Latt | Mary |
| April Wade | Cindy |
| Spencer Scott | John Cosgrove |
| Vivian Brunstein | Adi |
| Danae Nason | Tina |
| Matt Mercer | Lavi |
| Cameron Cash | David |
| Dean Kreyling | Detective Strand |
| Jose Prendes | Agent Malcolm Grant |
| Matthew Farhat | Gianni |
| Alexander Hatzidiakos | Romano |
| A.F. Silver |
2.30 out of 10 (109 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Bad movie. Don't even rent or buy it!
posted on 31 Aug 2009I just watched this movie. This movie is bad! Don't even rent or buy it! This is part of the series "Left Behind" It goes around the same subject about the end of the world. This movie does not show anything new.
I do not want to bore you with details about this movie. Do not waste your time watching this movie! It is so bad!!!
Pseudo-Christian pseudo-end-times movie.
posted on 31 Aug 2009Countdown Jerusalem is The Asylum and Faith Films's latest effort to cash in on the Christian market hungry for Left Behind-type movies. This time, at least the sound mixing is competent so you can hear the dialog (as opposed to The Apocalypse). Still, the writing and acting is bad (although the actors seem to be trying their best with the material they've been given) and the special effects are awful, even for a low budget movie. The story is about a TV reporter who goes to Israel to look for her missing daughter and husband. There's also an earthquake, a Middle East peace treaty, a terrorist attack, a "New world order", a leader who may be the Antichrist and some other supernatural events. However, all these elements never really connect into a coherent story but rather feels thrown in because they're what's to be expected from a religious end-times movie. It also doesn't seem to be based on any actual Bible prophecy (regardless of whether you believe in those or not). After 90 minutes the movie ends and the ending doesn't seem to make any sense. And of course there's a religious conversion but it seems to come out of nowhere because there's really no preaching of the Christian message. This may disappoint Christian viewers and non-Christian viewers will find the whole conversion pointless and tacked-on. "Countdown Jerusalem" isn't really an actual Christian end-times movie but rather a movie that mixes the elements of other movies in the genre into a big mess.
This movie is definitely not worth buying but may be worth watching on TV if you really love this genre.
Startling premise with real locations of disaster !
posted on 31 Aug 2009COUNTDOWN: JERUSALEM
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With- Kim Little & Clint Browning
Meaningful, Thought provoking and explains some things in the news.
A news reporter has to deal with what could be the end of structured humanity.
Is it Rapture ?, Could these disasters be man-made somehow ? What is logical conclusion to A HOLY WAR ?
In a departure for FAITHFILMS, This was half filmed in Jerusalem, Actually on location.
Kim Little does the job as " Everywoman" in crisis and Clint Browning, Who may be an Angel, Helps her make sense in a illogical, Political-laced message of a movie.
Biblical,Yet Scenic Thriller/Faithful Christian Effort !
posted on 22 Aug 2009COUNTDOWN: JERUSALEM Faithfilms.cc With- Kim Little & Clint Browning Meaningful, Thought provoking and explains some things in the news. A news reporter has to deal with what could be the end of structured humanity.Is it Rapture ?, Could these disasters be man-made somehow ? What is logical conclusion to A HOLY WAR ?In a departure for FAITHFILMS, This was half filmed in Jerusalem, Actually on location.Kim Little does the job as " Everywoman" in crisis and Clint Browning, Who may be an Angel, Helps her make sense in a illogical, Political-laced message of a movie.
Where did this bull come from?
posted on 17 Jun 2009Sorry to say but I've never seem something so far from resembling Israel, as this movie is.Let's start with the fact that we don't ride camels here. We have the same cars as in the USA or Europe. Secondly, we don't live in a desert of sand nor does Israel look like an Egyptian market from year 1300. The movie found a dozen of old, preserved spots in Jerusalem where they preserved the ancient city and presented it as if that's how Israel looks like. Kind'a like shooting a movie in the grand-canyon and saying that the USA is one big desert!The shots of soldiers and police were also fake clips and the siren sound was taken from some 3rd world country because police sirens in Israel are identical to US sirens.Needless to say, the hospital and other places simply don't look like that and the hotel shot seems to have been taken in Bombai rather than Israel.I really advise that you browse through the internet and see how Israel really looks like before thinking we're riding camels and dig for roots to earn a living.As for the plot - it was one of the most silly, stupid, racist and prejudiced plots I've ever witnessed, distorting reality and combining clips taken from totally different contexts into an imaginary dictatorship that simply isn't even logical.A real stinker!
It's not about the End, it's about Now
posted on 05 Jun 2009If you're expecting to see a film similar to the Left Behind series, you may be relieved when I tell you it isn't. After watching, you more than likely will be disappointed, confused or just plain "what the heck did I just witness" bewildered. I figured this would be another clichéd and cheesy take on the Book of Revelation. I waited for the human cardboard cutouts representing good and evil, the haunting Gregorian chants building into grand crescendos as various plagues assaulted the earth, and the obligatory voice-overs telling me in stern and reverent tones how every scene was depicting a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. None of those things ever showed up in this movie. Left Behind this is not.Our brave reporter is not interested in digging beneath the headlines of earthquakes, famine, social upheaval and economic collapse to find the diabolical conspiracy responsible for it all. Nor is she embarking on a quest to discover the elusive answers to her hectic and unfulfilled life. She just wants to find her missing daughter. And her frantic search takes her to Jerusalem, now the focal point for the unwinding of the age. The End Times are certainly in evidence throughout the film, but as a backdrop only. If the plot seems confusing, even non-existent, it's because the plot is not about the coming Armageddon. It is not about following the clues, exposing the imposters or circumventing the events that surely must and will unfold. It's about realizing that the signs signal the end for some but not all. The signs also tell us there is still time to do the only thing we can do to be spared the judgment that fallen humanity deserves.A great film this is not, but neither is it a particular bad one. It is a film that handles its subject matter in a quirky and non-conventional way. It comes at you from an angle rather than slamming into you head on. The acting is average but does not detract significantly from the film. The dialogue is sparse, but at least I was spared the agony of having the characters repeatedly explain the whole darn story to me through lengthy and unrealistically structured dialogue. The cinematography was pleasing. The locations were usually well shot and added to the overall frenetic feeling of the film. The musical score was good but occasionally overwhelmed some of the scenes. Only one major complaint: I am not all that familiar with the geography of Israel, but what was up with her getting out of the car in the middle of nowhere (a desert) and walking all the way back to her hotel?All in all, not a bad way to spend 90 minutes. This is not a particularly good Christian "witnessing" film, too much is left unexplained, and there is no obvious central message. But Christians should find this film intriguing, even a little thought provoking.
Hard to Follow - no plot, very little words.
posted on 22 Apr 2009This movie is very hard to follow. The plot is so hard to follow that you don't know what is going on most of the time. Very few words are actually spoken and you find yourself trying to guess what is going on. I'm a Christian and I know a lot about the Bible and what they are trying to tell. At least the Left-Behind movies have a great plot. if you want to see a good movie about the "End-Times" watch those movies.The acting wasn't bad at all, except for the lead character (this may have been the due to bad direction). The cinematography was not bad, either. Music is good. It's just such a bad plot and/or direction that you never know what's going on! One phrase in the movie says: "You need to connect the dots." For some reason, the makers behind this movie expect the viewers to connect the dots. I'm sorry, that should not be our job! if I wasn't a Christian, I wouldn't have a clue about what this movie is trying to say! Bad movie, don't wast your time on this!
Good and really bad
posted on 29 Mar 2009Countdown: Jerusalem is a pretty typical apocalyptic thriller. It is well made in the sense, that it kept me entertained for the whole 90 minutes. The story is about woman who loses her daughter and how she tries to find her, simple as that, and a little bit about how the world in going to end. So it is made by and for those, who live with God. It tries to teach great divine moral, but finds only confusion. And it's Godliness is, well let's say, quite interesting. The evil is not anymore the UN but EU, I think, it is one of the many things that, I suppose, the makers, when trying to keep the plot mysterious, did not enlighten us viewers enough, which is normally a good thing, but me being a outsider in their world, would have liked an explanation what is the truth according to them. So it is entertaining, the plot is like a fast train if you don't mind the absence of logic, and, for them who don't take the world too seriously, amusing. The one's who pray a lot, might find it also meaningful.
Please Read before Renting or Buying-Disappointment ALERT
posted on 03 Mar 2009The movie title as well as the movie summary was completely misleading. I have seen The Omega Code as well as all the Left Behind movies and this movie was in no way similar. This movie was disappointing on EVERY single level. How do you try to tell a story based on Revelations and leave out what it is truly about. The plot was not there, I felt as if I had to search for it myself. A reporter is suppose to seek the truth but throughout the whole movie, she ignores everything. This was truly a movie that could have and should have been kept in a locked vault. If I didn't understand God's word about the end time, I would be left to believe that there was nothing serious about it. To me, this movie made a mockery of the Judgement and brought no understanding or redemption for those who were looking for it. I will agree, it was not preachy but it also gave no accountability for desire to seek God either.
How does something this bad get made?
posted on 31 Aug 2009I got tricked into renting this movie because of the reference to Left Behind on the box cover. While the movie has some similar elements to that series such as ongoing catastrophic events, there is absolutely no attempt by the moviemakers to tie them to the actual story (such as it is). These events are instead incidental to the story of a mom trying to find her daughter. One she's reunited, and after she runs into some shadow group who's purpose is never really explaind, the story ends. Stay far, far away from this movie and rent/buy instead Left Behind with Kirk Cameron or the Apocalypse series.