So last night I watched this welcome entry in the End Times genre, and when you consider the low budget of THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST it was rather well done. The feature starts off with Jesus being spiked to the cross, with nails pounded into the palms of his hands. Then we flash forward into the near future, with good ol' Earth plunging into worldwide chaos, with the world's agriculture being destroyed due to the lack of bee pollination and a devastating food shortage that results in food rationing in excess. Civilization is taking a nosedive, and on the scene is a powerful world leader known as the Resident (played by Vincent Rivera) who promises to make all mankind immortal; he is actually the Anti-Christ. Diana Angelson takes center stage as Beatrix Cera who takes it on herself to create a new species of honeybee capable of immortality and the ability to pollinate flowers and plants; however, every new strain created by her drop like flies. Her adopted daughter Alba (played by Jessica Zhou in her only feature film so far) is at her side, only she winds up dying from a rare auto-immune disease. Then there's a preacher named John Zachary who used to be s multi-billionaire until he followed Jesus' command to give all that moolah away, take up the cross, and follow Him. John will meet up with Beatrix later on, pray over Alba, and have his head chopped off by the Resident who is wielding a broadsword in front of the Resident's ornate temple. And just when everybody is dropping like flies from all that smoke in the atmosphere, Jesus returns in glory, and the Anti-Christ and his temple plunge into Hell and the world is restored to its paradise origins, and John Zachary and Alba are resurrected; they reunite with John and become a family. There was no mention of the Rapture and nobody was seen taking the Mark of the Beast, but that was all. My humble opinion: the movies about the End Times are going to have to be made by low budget outfits like Cloud Ten Pictures and PureFlix, because it doesn't look like any of the major studios like Disney and Universal will get it done. And I don't see Jerry Bruckheimer, George Lucas, or Steven Spielberg stepping up to the plate. Yes, sir, the fly by night movie companies will have to get it done. THE SECOND COMING OG CHRIST is a pretty good example. And there were a few heavy hitters, including Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland and Tom Sizemore (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN). And let's not forget Quinton Aaron (THE BLIND SIDE) and Meredith Salenger. 7/10, go and check it out.
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