In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

The Remaining, a film which takes a great risk in combining the Horror genre with Christian Film genre, is an interesting concept with both good and bad outcomes. As was mentioned by other reviewers this film in particular really took a risk in that it drew in the secular-horror crowd, which was mostly critical of the film's 'religious' content, while at the same time it drew in a Christian crowd who was somewhat apprehensive of the 'horror' content. That aside, what of the movie itself? Let's get started! From the prospective of filmography, the film did a good job with creating a sense of thrill from the various settings, lighting, and the many graphics effects employed. Often from time to time the film would switch to the use of a 'cam-corder' and 'smart- phone' prospective, which was not too annoying for the viewer. For the most part it appeared to be believable with a few hiccups here and there. However, given the budget that they had to work with, I would say that they did a good job overall in this area.From the sense of acting and script-writing, I would also say that it was generally believable. Nothing really stood out to me as being over- acted or under-acted as in the case of many 'Christian' B-movie type films with lower budgets. Also, in comparison with many horror type movies, I would say that it held its own with the plethora of horror movies to compete with. The feel of the movie started out with a young- adult type feeling, then quickly moved into a more mature type feeling to it. I would say that this was used by the director to show the gravity of the situation at hand with the end of the world and how it would impact people at a deeper level when the true nature of their mortality is revealed.Now on to my objections. As a Christian, I enjoyed the concept of a 'Rapture' movie. I believe that the Rapture is a biblical concept. In fact, I think it would be neat to have a TV Show or Movies akin to 'The Walking Dead' type feeling set in this type of 'biblical-tribulation' type setting with this budget. I think that would be fantastic. However, this movie in particular was not faithful to the Bible's description of the Rapture in a few ways. First, the Bible states, "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." - 1 Thessalonians 4:17. I take this to mean that the actual body will be sent up with the Lord. This film portrayed the bodies remaining, while the souls departed. I think that this was done for dramatic/horror effect, not Biblical teaching. The next major problem that I had with the film from a Biblical prospective is that it makes it appear that after the Rapture the first thing to happen is the Hail / Fire / Blood from the sky as noted in the verse: "The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up." - Revelation 8:7 This portrayal totally ignores the six previous seals from Revelation 6, which include some very well-known events such as the 'Four Horsemen', martyrdom of many, great earthquake/sun blackened, etc. So, according to the Bible, a great many serious events occur before the Hail / Fire / Blood event occurs. None of these other events were shown as having happened at all.Next, a major problem exists with skipping the three judgments that occur after the Hail / Fire / Blood which include: 1/3 Bloody sea, Asteroid 'Wormwood', and 1/3 part of Sun/Moon/Stars destroyed. These would have made for good effect. Perhaps they did not have the budget for these events. Finally, on the fifth trump come the Scorpion/Demons that effect the people in the movie. On to these creatures. In staying consistent with the Bible, these creatures cannot harm those with the 'Seal of God' as noted: "And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." - Revelation 9:3-4 I would think that those surrendering to Christ, would be given the seal. However, in the movie it is portrayed that once a person 'surrenders to God' then the creatures come and kill them. This is certainly the opposite of the Bible.So, from the prospective of being a faithful adaptation to what the Bible teaches, I would say that this film is lacking and is even doing damage to what people think about what the Bible teaches! A bad outcome! However, if this film is viewed lightly as a generally Christian concept film that is not trying to be faithful to the actual Bible, then all of this could be ignored. The film could be seen as a maverick film trying to break into a new genre, and even giving ideas for future Christians to make films. For this reason it could have a good long-term outcome! All things considered, I give it a 7/10.

I saw this available as a rental at the local Red Box and it looked interesting enough. As it turns out, it is very reminiscent of the "Left Behind" series. As is typical with it, the good citizens of Earth disappear while the evil ones stay behind. The entire movie plays out on this concept; but it does use its own unique concept on how it plays out.A wedding party, as all wedding parties go in movies, is underway when suddenly the festivities turn awry as people start tipping over with dead bodies. At first it is seen as a disease around the world, but is seen as the coming rapture. A few individuals, the protagonists of the film, are left to mull their fate as they consider why they weren't taken and if they will give themselves to God or not. The film is not horror as far as horror goes, but it does have a few nasties that are seen briefly and a few cinema moments where a monster is implied. One particular scene which stands out in my mind is where a guy is screaming for help, and all we see is the shadow of a monster grab him outside of a window; we never actually see them. Other moments include airplanes crashing from the sky and massive hail raining down. The special effects are needless to say, good and the suspense elements are a cut above; but the acting in the movie, the rather complacent characters, reminiscing about what was, or otherwise characters preaching about their mistakes; does not do them justice. I would avoid this one.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=6693).

Im going to keep this simple. I enjoyed this move and was entertained by it enough to have now watched it a couple or more times. It is hard for a movie about the end of the world not to make some reference to religion. It is not overly religious. There is only one quick bible passage read out about the end time and its not the whole passage just a snippet. So I don't get all of the reviewers going off on one about this being a religious film. I can only conclude they think it trendy to bash religion and not bother to say anything about the movie. Guys respect other peoples beliefs and do the review justice. One reviewer stated that in movies like this the ascended usually disappear and leave their clothes behind - I think he must have seen Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds a time to many.I found the acting of the young group to be adequate and the story driven along at the right pace. Its creepy at times and provides you with the odd jump here and there. Its clear they were on a budget but they pulled it off pretty damned well especially at the start and end. The last thirty seconds of the movie are just perfect.This movie is entertaining and worth a watch.

After watching the trailers for his film a while back, I couldn't understand at first why it's classed as Faith & Spirituality instead of Horror, and it's that that was delaying me from watching it as I wasn't interested in a preachy Christian based film. After taking a chance and watching it, I can understand the Faith & Spirituality entry.I'm an atheist but I don't mind films with religious context e.g. The Exorcist, The Omen, etc because those aren't preaching i.e. they're not subconsciously saying you MUST believe in God, or else. I saw them as being good story's inspired by a fictional book. With The Remaining, though, the underlying message did come across as a bit preachy in the telling of the Rapture i.e. believers are "saved" yet non-believers are left on Earth to live out their sinful life.Which brings me to another reason on why I didn't enjoy this film and that is I found it to be contradictory. For instance, non-believer's aren't "taken" yet as soon as they suddenly claim faith they're accepted by God and are "taken". I can't see how a non-believer can suddenly change their beliefs in an instant like that and are suddenly treated as if they have been faithful all their lives. It just doesn't make sense no matter what spin religious people put on it.Even taking the religious context out of it, it's still just not a very good film. The beginning was pretty promising, but it just ended up being a pretty stop/start movie because there are parts where you think it will pick up for it to only just shudder to a stop again. As for the film's anti-climactic ending, well, that just capped it off for me.One thing I will say is that the special & visual effects are very decent, and I did enjoy the demonic figures. It's just a pity we didn't see more of them, or that there wasn't more suspense throughout the film.The Remaining isn't a hideous movie, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're maybe one of the "believers".