Tribulation (2000)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

André van Heerden

Writers:

Peter Lalonde (screenplay) and
Paul Lalonde (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

You know it's faith, when it's all you have left.

Plot:

Tom Canboro is a police detective with a Christian sister, Eileen, a brother, Calvin, a wife, Susan...

Plot Keywords:

Christian | Antichrist | Messiah | Hospital | 666

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gary Busey	...	Tom Canboro
Howie Mandel	...	Jason Quincy
Nick Mancuso	...	Franco Macalousso
Margot Kidder	...	Eileen Canboro
Sherry Miller	...	Suzie Canboro
Joseph Ziegler	...	Calvin Canboro
Lawrence Bayne	...	Zack Probert
Wayne Best	...	Morgan
Costa Kamateros	...	Carl
Patrick Gallagher	...	Jake Goss
Leigh Lewis	...	Helen Hannah
Nichole Nordeman	...	Alison
Jack Van Impe	...	Himself
Rexella Van Impe	...	Herself
T.D. Jakes	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Apocalypse III: Tribulation (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Apocalypse Film Projects Inc.

Trivia:

According to Margot Kidder, she and Howie Mandel were unaware that this was a Christian film until well into filming. Kidder is an atheist and does not agree with the message this film presents.

Quotes:

Tom Canboro: Anybody who starts a sentence with "UFO," "extraterrestrial," "alien," or "Jesus Christ" -- I don't have to listen to the rest. Because I know what's coming.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fat Girls (2006)

Soundtrack:

The Church

A Spooky Potrayl of the End Times

Before the review, a brief plot summary: Tom Canboro is a police detective with a prankish younger brother named Calvin and a Christian older sister, Eileen. He is happily married to Suzie Quincy, sister to a strongly eccentric man named Jason Quincy, who has read Franco Macalousso's book "Babel Becomes One" and believes that, if the world is united, whatever we believe we can achieve. However, one night when Tom answers a domestic violence call, Jason and Professor Tim Tucker both attack a Christian calling them a "Hater" then both dive out the window, possesed by demons. When Tom learns of this, a mysterious force takes control of his car, smashes it into a truck, and sends him into a coma. When he awakens years later, he finds that 95% of the world wears the mark of 666 on their right hand, Macalousso now rules the earth, millions of people (including Eileen) have simply vanished without a trace and everyone with the mark can't remember theu ever existed, and his wife is a member of Christians know now as Haters being hunted down by the police force called ONE.

Well, as you can see the plot is rather complex. Sequel to "Apocalypse" and "Revelation", it again features Leigh Lewis as Hater Leader Helen Hannah, Patrick Gallangher as Jake Goss, and Marium Carvell as Selma Davis. Sherry Miller plays Suzie Canboro, and Howie Mandel appears as Jason Quincy. Margot Kidder, famous for playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies, plays Eileen Canboro, while Joseph Ziegler stars as Calvin Canboro. Rothaford Gray has a cameo, again playing Ronny Spalding, the Hater spy who infiltrated One Nation Earth in "Revelation". Nick Mancuso again acts as Franco Macalousso. And the sinister Lawrence Bayne, who has appeared on "La Femme Nikita", "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "The Famous Jett Jackson", plays the evil false prophet Zack Probert, who hunts Tom down throughout the movie.

This film may be a sequel, but all the films made by Peter and Paul Lalonde really aren't connected. Yes, they have the same characters and each film takes place some months after the last one, but they are really a collection of theories of what the rise of AntiChrist may be like. In this, Franco Macalousso shows to the world that he is Lucifer, who discovered that everyone has the power of God, which is why he was thrown out of Heaven. So, a night is upcoming where the world will join together mentally to battle God.

The film potrays intense suspense, as Tom narrowly avoids being arrested by Probert and his agents while struggling to find the truth. The scene with Macalousso and Helen in the Day of Wonders is spine chilling and so good, it deserves to be ripped off (because good films are always ripped off by lesser films).

However, there is one thing not to be taken seriously, because if it is, it could give a wrong impression. The Tower of Babel is used by AntiChrist as an example of how mankind can come together, Genisis 11:6, mainly. While he could, it is not what the Tribulation period will revolve around. Athiests may believe this as being the truth.

With that in mind, this film is highly recomended.