PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Realrockerhalloween Believers is a shocking sci-fi movie that blows knowing and the last man on earth away.Two paramedics are caught by a bizarre end of the world cult that takes them hostage and shows them miracles they never seen.The teacher was mesmerizing as he showed how numbers can unlock The secrets to life, bring The dead back and transform matter into different substances.Still it doesn't explain exactly how he can communicate telepathically or perform resurrection since it isn't shown.What makes it enjoyable, like children of the corn, is that you have to decide for yourself what are The differences between an organized religion and a cult. Even the bible says false prophets will come performing miracles and great signs to deceive the disbelieving. David questions the teacher and in the end escape not believing its all true as the doomsday cult are ready to transform for a new world. Victor is left behind under being convinced the world will be distorted and they are the only ones whip knows how to survive it. Drawing eerie similarities to the cult members who believed aliens were hiding on an asteroid.The overwhelming performs are amazing for a b film and had me convinced that these people could be under an hypnotic spell.Enjoy believers, it will leave you astounded.

pmdawn After watching Myrick's "The Objective", I wanted to check out his other films that went straight to DVD and this was my first pick. The premise is interesting, two paramedics are "abducted" into a suicide cult of sorts and must get away before it's too late for them.There's a layer of religion (also seen in movies like "Frailty") that is really the crux of the movie - which makes us question the true motives behind religious preachers, missionaries and insane cults, as well as presenting us with an atheist point of view. The ending is the movie's strongest point, and it again poses the viewers with an important question. Myrick seems to like to ask more question than answers in his movies and "Believers" is no exception. This is a low-budget flick best seen with low expectations.5/10

tv-striker I kind of expected it about half way through the film. What if this wasn't just another "escape-by-suicide" doomsday cult? Suppose one of them really got it right. They really weren't killing themselves but where really going to a new world and our old one was about to dissolve.It did help that the "followers" appeared to be scientists. Like maybe there was more credibility to them than one would think. And, of course, the idea of mathematics to explain all and fix all is not really that far out.Ultimately, I was hoping for a "quantum-generated" worm hole that would whisk the believers away even if the implication might be it was simply a high-tech suicide machine. I suppose that was beyond the budget of this film and they opted for a "gas chamber" and having to "die" in these mortal bodies…thus somewhat prolonging the film's conclusion but only by a couple of minutes.At any rate, getting to the resolution was rather laborious and tortured. There were a lot of plot holes and conveniences which ultimately "fail" the film. Without getting too far into it, why destroy/eliminate everything including the paramedics if everything is going to burn up in a couple of weeks anyway? The list goes on.Nevertheless, Johnny Messner, as David and Jon Huertas, as Victor, were very convincing. One resisted the pull towards immorality and the other embraced it. That kind of "push/pull" is very good. Both were driven by their character backgrounds although Victor having sex with the "dead woman" seemed to ultimately predominate his prior religious background. His religious past actually would have worked well but the whole sex thing ultimately became just another needless plot hole.

eucalyptus9 I read a couple of reviews of this movie, which rubbished it entirely - dreary, dull, full of plot holes.For example - one reviewer kept harking back to the point - who called the paramedics - how ridiculous was this? But the film makes it clear that the daughter of the dying mother called the medics from the pay phone right next to her, which was later trashed by the garage guy to prevent any further calls being made. The fact that it wasn't spelled out in words of one syllable might have made it all too subtle for the reviewer (this was rottentomatoes, after all).Another one - everyone knew where the paramedics had gone, so why didn't they chase them up when they went missing? But the movie shows that they did - cops, and the paramedic chief (who gets bashed over the head for his trouble).Yet another - how could a cult like this survive without the authorities being interested? Isn't that exactly what happened at Jonestown? Not to mention Western Australia ( the Japanese cult whose name escapes me, but attempted to kill heaps of people on the subway) and various religious sects and cults around the world.Sure, it's a B-movie, but it had its saving graces. I was impressed that when Vic gets shot through the shoulder, clean wound or not, he doesn't just carry on as though nothing happened - he bleeds, he's in pain, he feels some disability. When his partner gets bashed over the head with a rifle butt, he doesn't just wake up and proceed to beat everyone up - he gets double vision, he has a splitting headache - much more realistic than in the bulk of other movies.The final twist was great. The film's morality was dubious, but it was thought-provoking - there was some interesting dialog regarding Vic's Catholic background ( a religion that spurns suicide as a sin) and shows how his background, in fact, makes him already a believer.I enjoyed this, much more than the next movie I watched (The Matador) which had good reviews but was, in fact, complete, totally amoral, rubbish.