JULIA ROBERTS’ BROTHER IN END TIMES THRILLER!
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If a movie can
hold your attention at 3 o’clock in the morning on New Year’s Day, you know it
was well put together! One of PURE FLIX’s latest
offerings fills that bill and more! “THE MARK” is a very well
written, produced and executed. Released in 2012, THE MARK is serious business!
Troubling End Times days are already here, where the world systems have already
developed the microchip which is termed “The Mark of the Beast” in the Book of Revelation
(Chapter 13:16-18). Just briefly, the movie takes place almost
entirely on a Boeing 747 flight on “Pacific Airways” to Berlin (apparently from
Thailand). Viciously evil mercenaries, led by the Gary Daniels character
(Joseph Pike) are on board the flight to capture a human guinea pig named Chad
Turner (Craig Sheffer) who has been implanted with a microchip that a shadowy
“political figure” badly wants!
Through a fast moving sequence of events,
Chad becomes the unlikely hero (somewhat) and rescues what is left behind of
the passengers on the aircraft, which includes a “Christian” pastor! They were
all left behind when a sudden flash of light from Heaven removes all believers
in Jesus Christ (the Rapture) and the pastor and Chad realize that his implant
is really the “Mark of the Beast”! In a surprisingly turn of events,
famed Hollywood actress Julia Roberts’ brother Eric turns in an extremely
credible and revealing performance as the corporate mastermind behind Chad’s
implant. Eric Roberts is lesser known than his famous sister, but he has been
showing up more and more in faith-based movies.
The rest of the
movie, which will be continued in a sequel to be released later this Spring
(March/April 2013) according to a tweet I received from the great folks at PURE FLIX, is the beginning of the path to
REDEMPTION (title of the Sequel) by Chad and the stewardess he rescued from the
doomed plane. I am eagerly awaiting this sequel as one who has studied these microchips.
What makes this movie so gripping and believable is that these microchip
implants are already in use in America and probably around the world!
Like the one in Chad’s right arm, which cannot be….and will not be removed from
those who actually take the Mark of the Beast (according to Revelation
13:16-18), the ones currently in existence do become part of the bloodstream.
They also identify a person via the wireless signals from the RFID device’s
transponder to the future government official, who has the microchip reader.
Since this is an entertainment review, I will not go into all that technical stuff. However, it is the knowledge of the existence and sophistication of this same “technical stuff” which makes the thriller in the night skies, at 30,000 feet in “THE MARK” even more compelling. The increasing professionalism of PURE FLIX and its production techniques are a beauty to behold. The photography can match any secular mainstream Hollywood thriller and the life-like feel of the 747’s Cabin and layout is perfect. I can just imagine how this looks on a HD 70 inch or a theater screen! The film edits and special effects, especially in some of the tighter settings are expertly done.
If you
have a good theater sound system at home, warn the kids and crank it up! Pure
Flix, with whom I hope to have a long relationship with, in our monthly movie
ministry outreach here at First Baptist Church, Springfield has a long track
record of fantastic and spiritually challenging movies with the themes of
Redemption, Salvation, Pro-life and the Hope which is to come. Like “THE MARK”,
Pure Flix also has the ability to draw in
well known top Hollywood favorites like Lee Majors (Jerusalem Countdown); C.
Thomas Howell (Escape etc); the late Della Reese and the popular Tamera
Mowley-Housley (Christmas Angel). They also have produced excellent
evangelistic movies starring my favorite actor who has ever played Jesus in any
capacity – Bruce Marchiano! If you ever have a chance to purchase the Book of
Matthew DVD with Bruce as Jesus, please do. It brings across the full love and
scope of the message of the Savior.
“THE MARK” is recommended top
drawer entertainment/wake-up call for a cold wintry night and should send us
searching our own souls. The movie ends with a brief preview of the soon to be
released sequel “THE MARK – REDEMPTION”!
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