Product Details

• Actors: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Janaya Stephens, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Colin Fox
• Directors: Vic Sarin
• Writers: Alan B. McElroy, Jerry B. Jenkins, Joe Goodman, Paul Lalonde, Tim LaHaye
• Producers: André van Heerden, Bobby Neutz
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Cloud Ten Pictures
• VHS Release Date: October 31, 2000
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,003 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004YS7F
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,132 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Part conspiracy theory and part religious message, Left Behind (based on the first in a series of runaway bestsellers by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins) is a passable, occasionally compelling thriller that turns the rapture and the ascendance of the Antichrist into something resembling a Robert Ludlum espionage potboiler. The beginning, though, is pure Stephen King: as morose pilot Rayford Steele (Brad Johnson) steers his jet plane toward London, comely flight attendant Hattie Daniels (Chelsea Noble) informs him that a number of passengers have disappeared--at 37,000 feet, leaving their neatly pressed clothes behind. And they're not the only ones who've gone missing. The mass disappearances throw the world into chaos, and the sinisterly compelling Nicolae Carpathia (Gordon Currie), head of the U.N., selflessly steps in to help broker peace among the world's nations. But is he as good intentioned as he seems?

Turns out the appropriately named Mr. Carpathia is behind a plot to rule the world and control its food supply, and intrepid reporter Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron, better than you'd expect) is onto him--with a little help from some biblical prophecies. Suffering the problem that befalls most first installments in a series of books and movies, Left Behind busies itself with the task of introducing characters and setting up expository plot lines, and audiences may be frustrated by the lack of action--Rayford's somewhat labored crisis of faith takes up a good chunk of the film. Still, it's an intriguing premise that should satisfy fans of the novel and possibly pick up a few more converts along the way (be warned, though, this is a modestly budgeted film that looks more like a cable TV movie than the latest James Bond extravaganza). And, if like a fair number of the film's characters, you can't figure out that someone named "Nicolae Carpathia" is a bad guy, then, well, you need to bone up on your evil villains. --Mark Englehart

From The New Yorker

If the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "Rapture" is Blondie, then start stocking up on food and water. This movie, based on the first book in a best-selling series of fundamentalist-Christian novels, takes the events of the Book of Revelation and transposes them to modern times. The result looks and plays out like an after-school special about the Apocalypse. Kirk Cameron is Buck Williams, an intrepid reporter for GNN who "would have reported on Hiroshima from ground zero if he'd been there." Millions of people all over the world have vanished, and those "left behind" can't quite figure out why. Buck investigates various angles-radiation, alien interference-and the movie documents his lengthy procession toward belief. Read your Bible carefully. A global currency, the ascendancy of the U.N., the telling detail that the Antichrist will have a Russian accent-it's all there. -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I think it's great!, November 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Left Behind - The Movie (DVD)

I did not buy this movie in order to pick over the special effects (which, by the way, I have no complaints with)or complain that it couldn't compare in quality to all of Hollywood's big budget movies. This is a movie with a message and it comes across loud and clear to me. I've watched this movie almost daily since I got it and each time I see something that I didn't see before. When it hits the theater next Feb I plan on loading up the van with a bunch! And for those who complain that Christian movies don't compare with the ones that Hollywood generates, thank God! Because you spend more doesn't make it better.

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, October 24, 2000

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"dc-hanners" (GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Left Behind - The Movie (DVD)

I saw Left Behind last night, and I found myself watching it twice! This is by far the very BEST christian film I have ever seen! This is a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the begining till the end. I thought the book was good, but the Movie is GREAT! The movie differs slightly from the book storyline, but it really enhances the story. Great script! I am certain you'll enjoy this movie!

I only wish the DVD had the widescreen instead of full frame :0(

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Worst movies I Have Ever Seen! Read The Wonderful Books Instead!, June 2, 2005

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Christine H. "soblessed" (,OH,U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Left Behind - The Movie (DVD)

I loved the Left Behind series of 12 books(avoid the 2 money gimmick prequels and the sequel),but the movie was so horrible I tried to watch it 3 times and NEVER made it through! I thought it was ridiculous that it always showed the clothes of those raptured neatly folded ,like fresh from the cleaners,LOL! The acting was pathetic as well. No way would I recommend this movie to anyone,and my daughter says the sequel"Tribulation Force" is just as bad! She could not make it all the way through either of these,herself.