El remanente

An 'iPhone is a central character', 'found footage', 'shaky cam' attempt at the rapture. I personally derive nothing from the subject matter being a devout Athiest, so I treated it for what is was: a work of science fiction. I suggest however you attempt to view through the (luckily) few 'christian product placement' moments and you might actually enjoy it without too much cringing. Unfortunately this movie is peppered with the clichés of its genre and offers nothing new. 'Noah', 'Left Behind' and others; cinema is the new church and you are the unwitting participant in Bible study Hollywood style. Rant aside, The Remaining might appeal whether you're a believer with an express ticket to bliss, or overlooked with the rest of us poor saps.

Wow! I was surprised by how quickly I got hooked on it.

The chaos and all natural disaster stuff was really well done, the effects were pretty good.

For a movie I had no idea what it was about, it turned out to be quite entertaining. Except the ending, which sucked big time!

I didn't care for all the religious bs, but it got pretty annoying by as the movie went on. It would've been good to show the strange creatures (fallen angels?). But it was pretty scary and tense not seeing them at all.

To sum up: it's just another average end-of-the-world, survival and suspense-horror flick.

Don't take it too serious and you might enjoy it.

This movie is beyond bad. Poor acting, bad screenplay and scripts, no effects, no props... there is NOTHING good in this movie except for the intro of the Rapture. And the ending was just absurd. It's like they changed the director after the fist 20 minutes and killed the movie. It's been a while since I've last watched something that bad.

Truly dreadful, it's an hour and 23 minutes you won't get back! Save yourself some time and suffering and just rub rock salt in your eyes!

A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."The Remaining" (PG-13 - 2014 - DVD)

Sub-Genre: POV/Paranormal My Score: 5.4

Cast=4 Acting=4 Plot=8 Ending=4 Story=6 Scare=5 Jump=3 F/X=7 POV=7 Creep=6

Friends gather at a wedding, but the celebration is shattered by terrifying apocalyptic events forcing them to examine life, love and faith as they must choose between redemption and survival.

"I shouldn't be here. I went to Church...I did everything right." So they combine a disaster movie with the rapture and make it found footage...seems like an intense movie. I saw a lot of promise and the POV stuff was solid...I think the acting and the ending killed it for me. So when I hit eject on my player, I could only give it a meh. It's not a horrible watch...just not one to hunt for.