When it was released in 1999, The Omega Code surprised Hollywood by scoring $2.4 million in its opening weekend, following a promotional blitz on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. The Christian televangelical outlet, which funded this chaotic biblical thriller, had built widespread awareness among its viewership, and the film attracted an appreciative Christian audience. While it's true that The Omega Code offers a wealth of biblical prophecy that Christians will study for years, it remains a pedestrian, headache-inducing movie that's too busy "decoding" the Bible to make any dramatic sense. With a cast that could populate an Aaron Spelling miniseries, it's too badly written to inspire serious religious discussion, and not terrible enough to qualify as entertaining schlock. It's just painfully, pretentiously bad.
Rife with snippets from the book of Revelation, the convoluted plot finds a famous motivational speaker and "Bible Code" expert (Casper Van Dien) under the influence of an ultra-wealthy philanthropist (played by ultra-hammy Michael York) who schemes to crack the Bible's secret codes and take over the world. He's a vessel for the Antichrist (with snidely Michael Ironside as his henchman), and by the time Van Dien gets a clue from a pair of resurrected prophets, The Omega Code has jettisoned any pretense of religious importance. Rather than dare a meaningful examination of faith and the power of evil, the movie opts instead for cheesy pyrotechnics, hackneyed action, and enough bad acting to make Arnold Schwarzenegger's End of Days look like a masterpiece. Do you want to feel closer to God? Just read your Bible, forget about the code, and avoid this gawd-awful movie. --Jeff Shannon
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Dr. Gillen Lane (Van Dien) is a famous motivational speaker and New Age guru who unknowingly becomes a pawn in the game of Stone Alexander (York), a corrupt businessman whose goal it is to control the world. By unraveling a numerical code hidden within the bible, Alexander attempts to do just that. This independently financed $7.2 million dollar film shocked Hollywood insiders when it managed to slip into the box office top ten under their radar, and will most certainly be remembered in cinematic history as the first film marketed exclusively at Evangelical Christians (successfully, at that).
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Revelation Foretold It, The End Has Begun!
According to many, the Bible contains information about the future, even foretelling events that lead to the end of the world. The apocalyptic Book of Daniel and Book of Revelation are said to predict that "he who controls Jerusalem in the final days" will control the world.
What if someone could use the latest technology to finally untangle these prophecies, break the code, and learn the future of our history?
The Omega Code is a suspense thriller about such an event -- the discovery of the Bible's intangible secrets and hidden messages, and the fight to control the world before the end of days.
Michael York (Austin Powers), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Catherine Oxenberg (Dynasty), and Michael Ironside (ER) star in this spectacular struggle between good and evil, filmed in the religious capitals of Jerusalem and Rome. Will events unfold as told through the prophesies? Or will all four learn the ultimate lesson from a supreme force greater than us all?
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