
The Netflix synapses: In the wake of an apocalypse of major proportions, a motley crew of survivors (including Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson and Kate Walsh) ekes out a living at an abandoned truck stop in the desert, never suspecting that the pregnant woman walking among them is carrying the Messiah. Paul Bettany co-stars in this thriller as the archangel Michael, who was sent to Earth to steer humankind away from darkness and toward the light.

As far as that synapses is concerned… I didn’t know there was a such thing as an apocalypse on a SMALL scale. This movie is more of your typical C grade Hollywood fodder. There was nothing great about it but I didn’t have to shut it off so I’m listing it as worth watching. The two best scenes in the movie were those depicted in the trailer for this film. One involves an old lady in the diner who blows her stack right before she shows us who she really is, and the other involves an ice cream truck with a shape-shifting driver.

This film would have been a lot better if they had taken the time to further develop the story. I would like to have known what the significance of the gas station was and why it was chosen as the place where the apocalypse would begin and end. I would also like to have known why or how the mother of the messiah was chosen to carry the child. All in all it was pretty good right up till the ending.

If you’re really interested in watching a movie where these same concepts workout surprisingly well try watching “The Prophecy” a 1995 release starring Christopher Walken.
Cast: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Lucas Black, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton, Kevin Durand, Jon Tenney, Willa Holland, Kate Walsh
Director: Scott Charles Stewart