Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Beystiman
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
meredithdevoe
There is nothing I enjoy more in a film than watching a good actor at work. I saw this movie years ago and recently watched it again and the same thing impresses me-- Gary Busey's performance as Tom Canboro. There is one line he says, with a gun in his face: "If you came to change my mind, you're too late" and he smiles in this amazing way. If you like character-driven stories (rather than pretty faces and special effects) you will enjoy this film. Teens I watched the film with really responded to Nick Mancuso as the Antichrist, found him very creepy! It's good casting all around, actually; yet the message is not overshadowed by star-power (kudos to Busey for that).This is a Christian film with a Christian message, delivered without a heavy hand; and the main character's spiritual process is 100% believable.
boba_fetts_bounty
I am not a big fan of religious movies, but Tribulation was an outstanding film. I watched it simply because of Howie Mandel. The acting in the film was excellent and overall I would give the movie a rating of four stars out of five. If anyone wants a good movie whether you are a Christian or not this is a film to see and enjoy. And the special effects in this film are well done. I was shocked at how good the movie was. I was expecting it to be a lousy low budget bad acting STUPID religious movie. It proved me wrong. Best of all it is a film that the whole family can watch together and not have to worry about the children seeing images and hearing vain talk throughout the movie. Now if it is a Christian family I would venture to say that it follows the Bible correctly and by all means show your children so that they can understand what the Bible talks about in Revalation. Again this is a film that I would highly recommend for anyone.
Daniel Hayes
This film is the definition of bad, anyone with a entry-level interest in film could tell you that and describe why. I'm not going to do that. As a Christian and a cinephile this film poses a dilemma for me. In the special features the filmmakers talk about how if the film reaches one person for Christ than it will all be worthwhile. For them, the "worthwhile" is all the work they put into it. For me, the "worthwhile" is how this film simply reinforces negative stereotypes of religious art as pandering and anti-intellectual. And I can't help but skeptically state that a conversion caused by this disaster couldn't possibly be genuine and based on anything more than fear, and also couldn't possibly justify the film; from Van Impe's shameless self-promotion to the apologetic problem of "opening your eyes and seeing the light." Watching this now, I was surprised to see some interesting concepts hinted at early on: the world as a network theory is a fascinating area, but it's given little treatment beyond mind-control here. It's not that if we can unite we can accomplish anything, but we already are united whether we know it or not. Instead, the "Christian" view of "in the world but not of it" trumps and ignores any other interpretation. Also, endless amounts of literature have been devoted to these end-times themes and apocalyptic characters that there is no excuse for these cartoon-ish characters. They really should make Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky required reading in High School, or maybe in Bible Schools.1 out of 5 - Poor
govteach
Even though TRIBULATION features former name stars and a credible budget it is a disappointment and not up to the standard for "end times" stories which is now being set by LEFT BEHIND- THE MOVIE. Gary Busey , Margot Kidder, and Shery Miller do an average job in a poorly written and disjointed story. The plot becomes amateurish after Busey has an automobile accident and wakes up after the Rapture. Especially annoying is the acting of the Devil (Nick Mancuso) and his henchmen who lack any special powers and are unable to track down Busey and his cohorts. Howie Mandel overacts his way throughout the picture. The video will be of interest to Christians but will not find an audience in the secular world. Too bad!