The Moment After (1999)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Wes Llewellyn

Writers:

Kevin Downes (writer)
Amanda Llewellyn (writer)

Release Date:

4 July 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

In the twinkling of an eye...

Plot:

In the twinkling of an eye, a mass disappearance has occurred. Moments after the turmoil and confusion...

Plot Keywords:

Disappearance | FBI | Religion | Bible Prophecy | End Times

Cast

Julie Link	...	Woman in Yard
Mike Wilson	...	Mr. Fulton
David A.R. White	...	Adam Riley (as David White)
Kevin Downes	...	Charles Baker
Greg Davis	...	Young Man
Brad Heller	...	Jacob Krause
D. David Morin	...	Special Agent Thomas (as David Morin)
Brian C. Bennetts	...	Agent #1 (as Brian Bennetts)
Amanda Llewellyn	...	Mrs. Fulton
Kevin Copeland	...	John
John Gilbert	...	Peter McCollum (as John Rawling)
Manney Beldaire	...	Dr. Claire Holt
Gregg Alex	...	Dr. Jason Hersch
Paul R. Jones	...	Dr. Edward Wilkins
David Darus	...	Census Boy

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Christiano Film Group

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Moment After 2: The Awakening (2006)

Soundtrack:

I Look Unto the Hills

Right After The Rapture

The Moment After is once again a Christian conception of what will happen here on earth when the believer types are suddenly whisked out of this plain of existence to another dimension. As there is as much speculation about these prophetic events and some out there hold that the Rapture is not even going to happen, the writer's imagination can run wild with possibilities.

I don't think all that much imagination was put to use here though. The film focuses on two FBI agents, David A.R. White and Kevin Downes who are among the many checking out and filing all the missing person cases that have mushroomed all over the globe.

Pretty soon though Downes and White are put on the trail of a messianic Jew played by Brad Heller who when the Rapture does occur suddenly decides he's the guy looking to convert his people. The New Testament does say that before the Second Coming all the Jews in the world will be converted.

That makes him one dangerous fellow, especially to the forces of the world government who are not liking people like Heller. In fact Christians who didn't make the Rapture cut are following this guy as well.

The Moment After is a sincere, but rather flat attempt offer a future vision of persecution of Christians for spreading the word. The people behind the film are evangelicals, down to the players who are veterans of the Christian film genre. It all gets done so often. In fact as evangelical tools they can be suspect because the speculation varies so that if they are continually shown at churches, Sunday Schools and such venues, I wonder if it doesn't confuse more than uplift.