Review of The Rapture (1991) by Erik A — 10 Jul 2009

Given the title and plot of this movie, I was expecting this to be in the vein of the "Left Behind" series where a fundamentalist view of chrictianity is shoved in your face. While this movie does contain that fundamentalism, it is displayed in a completely different light. Mimi Rodger's plays a lost soul who finds Christ and takes her daughter with her into the desert to wait for the Rapture.

Normally you would guess one of two things would happen, either the rapture doesn't come and she loses hope, or the rapture does come and she goes to heaven.

While watching the film, I suspected the first outcome, but in reality it was niether. It takes a turn that is completely unexpected and one that I think was brilliant.

Since I don't want to ruin the film, the only thing I will say about the end is that the mother does hold her word when she promises her daughter that "they will go to heaven today".