Good concept, poorly executed.

Blistering performances.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Michael Biehn fighting the Antichrist! Remember 1984's The Terminator, where Mike was content with fighting a time-traveling killer robot with an Austrian accent? That plot of that movie seems SO much more plausible and realistic now that I've spent a very funny afternoon watching 'Omega Code 2'! Indeed, it was so funny that I had to write my first IMDb review ever! But what can I say that that other reviewers haven't said before? Here we truly have it all – a ludicrous ultra-Bible-literalist end-time scenario, unabashed American jingoism, patricide, a pathetic love triangle, cheesy CGI, and even lazy historical errors (the ignorant scriptwriters have Stone 'Satan' Alexander accepting a post in the European Union in 1976, a full seventeen years before the union even existed!) We follow Damien ... er, Stone from his childhood, when he is duly possessed by Satan and spends the rest of the movie (d)evolving into the Antichrist, the world dictator who finally establishes that perpetual dread of right-wing conspiracy theorists: The One World Government! Brrr! Luckily, the President of the 'God-blessed United States of America' (sic!) refuses to go along with the plan. Not-so-luckily, Stone quickly disposes of him with a supernaturally induced heart attack.Still, this allows Vice President Biehn to assume full authority, and a lot of screen time is wasted on setting him up as the great hero who will save the day in the end. You can call this a spoiler if you must: The time is indeed wasted, for ultimately Biehn's character does NOTHING of any significance! He is last seen staring stupidly into the sky when Armageddon comes and the 'Nazarene' abysses Stone-gone-silly-CGI-Satan. (Yes, we're talking horns and leathery wings here!) A devil so incompetent that he avails himself of the hammy Antichrist seen in this movie does deserve to lose the eschatological battle. In the off-chance that the fundamentalists are on to something, I would expect the real deal to be slightly more subtle than standing before thousands of people and declaring something to the effect: "Ahh-y am your GOD!!! Worship ME!" Three stars, every single one of them for unintended comedic value.

I found this movie appealing, both as your basic action/adventure flick, and the fact that it uses items culled from the Bible for use as the story base. Obviously, not all items are accurate, but it's a fictional movie, folks! What gives it a different spin is that the people who produced it believe in the story they are telling. It gave the movie a uniqueness that made me think a bit. I would also say that the actors in the film seemed to believe in what they were portraying (of course, being actors, their job IS to ACT...). All in all, it's a movie about Armageddon, and the basic biblical principles surrounding Armageddon. It is rated PG-13, but I'm OK with our 10 year old seeing it with us. It carries a moral message that transcends the violent action scenes, while at the same time justifying those scenes in the movie, and leaves you both entertained AND curious. And there's nothing wrong with that!

If you like to see films that deal with a religious theme and the struggle that deal with good and evil, this will be the film for you. The story deals with two brothers who take completely different paths in their lives and one brother, Stone Alexander, (Michael York) who sells his soul to the devil and has great powers given to him by the prince of Darkness and has great powers to inflict great horrors to the entire world. and the other brother, David Alexander, (Michael Biehm) who has become the President of the United States and stands strong against evil and fights his brother Stone to the very end. There is plenty of horrors produced by Stone Alexander and you begin to wonder if evil will prevail and that the world is going to end in complete destruction and nothing to ever hope for. If you like this kind of film, this will be a film you will enjoy right to the very end.

No, seriously, I know how many common people will tend to use an unprofessional "the worst" or "the best" when reviewing something. I never exaggerate like that, but in this case I can really not find a movie in my memory that I've seen that was worse than this one. I can't stop from using the unprofessional "I" perspective either, since this special movies requires a special kind of review. I could try an list all the negative things about the movie here, but the thought of me having to think about this movie for that long makes me reach for the gun. So let's be brief.Megiddo seems to be a home-made attempt by some 60-year-old Christian conservative to create a patriotic movie. Although the concept itself might discourage masses to see this thing, the movie even fails to be what it's supposed to...miserably.The plot is basically this: Europe and the neighbors become united under the command of the devil, who plans to take over the world. God showers the Earth with rocks while the US stands alone against the world with its super-president dressed in black leading the fight against the devil. Does that make sense? If it does (and you are as messed up as I thought), it's where the sense ends. The details of the storyline are much more appalling.Actor choice wasn't bad. Michael York does his work as the bad guy, but in all his demonic power, he can't save this flick. The rest of the actors are just trying to make long working hours, and York isn't innocent of that either.Special effects and camera work are surprisingly good at times, and absolutely TERRIBLE the rest of the time. It's as if the effects were done by two different teams.I wish to speak of this no longer and I will try to pray away the shame and sin of having seen this movie, although after seeing it, the devil and God suddenly don't seem as cool, powerful or scary anymore. I beg you to never go and see this movie unless you're loaded on painkillers or like to practice masochism.