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Omega Code, The
Providence Entertainment

4.4 based on 9 reviews Read critic reviews How did we calculate this? based on 12 votes Read user comments Rate this movie

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MPAA RATING: PG-13

Starring Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside, and Catherine Oxenberg

Never before has modern technology uncovered such profound mathematical complexities as revealed within the Bible Code. The Omega Code combines recent discoveries of the Bible Code phenomenon with edge of your seat suspense and psychological horror to weave a millennial tale of international intrigue. (Providence Entertainment)

GENRE(S):	Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY:	Hollis Barton Stephan Blinn
DIRECTED BY:	Robert Marcarelli
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: March 28, 2000  Video: March 28, 2000  Theatrical: October 15, 1999
RUNNING TIME:	99 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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50

Time David Van Biema

Given its budget, the quality of its writing, acting and production is remarkably high--about miniseries level.

20

Los Angeles Times Kathleen Craughwell

A hokey doomsday/millennialist thriller.

20

Austin Chronicle Russell Smith

Proof positive that heavy underground buzz doesn't necessarily imply merit or even intrinsic interest.

20

Film.com Tom Keogh

Dreadful suspense piece that has "Mystery Science Theater" appeal written all over it.

20

LA Weekly Ron Stringer

Bad photography, bad acting and bad dialogue.

20

Variety Joe Leydon

By turns laughably simplistic and confoundingly muddled as it charts the "final battle" between good and evil.

20

TV Guide David H. Jones

Code Word: Bad!

16

Entertainment Weekly Chris Willman

Even Christians hip to TBN preachers' peculiar eschatology may be baffled by the incoherent wrap-up, which provides the stingiest Second Coming since the third ''Omen ''movie.

9

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

This wretched jumbo helping of Christian Fundamentalist agitprop takes itself entirely too seriously to be anything but ploddingly dull.

The average user rating for this movie is 4.4 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rick C. gave it a10:
The best Casper Van Dien Christian end times movie ever made! This is some high quality stuff people. Look at the cast, Erick Avari, Casper Van Dien, Michael York, and eternal badass Michael Ironside. Heavy duty Hollywood actors in an admittedly low budget flick, but one full of wholesome Christian action, lots of slayings, and thankfully a lack of blood & gore. York puts in the best cinematic performance since "Austin Powers" and his memorable cameo as the assault gunner for Earthforce from Babylon-5. His acting grandeur is almost arthurian in execution, and he is believable as the vessel for the antichrist. Ironside continues to impress as the unrelenting hit man/bodyguard/get stuff done guy working for York. Casper really cuts his acting teeth here with a brilliant performance that makes his wonderful role in "Starship Troopers" pale by comparison. This kid is going places, just you watch. He is oscar-bound. Rent this DVD and get some popcorn and the family, morality tales don't get any better than this! I wonder if you can get it on Blu-Ray?

Jim J. gave it a0:
Why would anyone go to see a movie that claims to be accurate when the author didn't even get basic details correct (e.g., Scrolls found in 1947 not 1950s). 60 Minutes also showed that it was all a hoax from the start. It may be a sell out, but only in the sense that Judas sold out and Pilate gave into what the crowd wanted. It's all about the money and bending into pressure.

jack j. gave it a1:
What a joke. Movie has no flow to it, and incredibly innacurate. No mention of the rapture, mark of the beast, armaggeddon. And it seems the movie ended abruptly, what'd the final code do?? usher in jesus or set off a white nuclear bomb? blew.

Aaron B. gave it a 0:
I'm religious and I can identify with the theme as anyone else, but every end-times movie I've ever seen is really bad, and this is the worst of them. This is one of my top 5 worst movies I've ever seen, including home movies.

Pat C. gave it a 3:
I hope when Jesus returns, one of the first things he does is clarify to Hollywood that God is not an Idiot. In the meantime, there are so many satellite channels now. They have to show something. And I suppose a shabby awareness of Revelations is better than no awareness at all.

Tyler S. gave it a 6:
Come on people! This movie simply isn't that bad! Personally I found it rather entertaining. As a film school student at a major conservatory I certainly know whereof I speak. These ratings seem suspiciously 'anti-religion' to me. They are in fact low enough to add a substantial measure of legitimacy to those who feel 'the establishment' merely mails in negative opinions about anything that comes from the so-called 'religious right.' There's a little something called 'objectivity' that is sorely missing from the sub 'five' scores/ratings (and/or 'translations' of such). "The Omega Code" is far from being a 'bad' movie. And it is absolutely nowhere near being one of the worst films ever made. With such condescending assessments the credibility of these 'reviewers' takes a serious nose-dive as far as I'm concerned.

Eric gave it a 10:
This movie is an exceptional piece of Macintosh classic visual deftness. Its ending has everything thing you could want in a a happy ending, nothing like a god like nuclear good will bomb that just knocks out all the evil guys. But what puts it over the top is that the omega code is just the script, and it seems the actors just read whatever the computer prints and act that out. It's the new age of acting i tell ya.

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