Judgment (2001)

Director:

André van Heerden

Writers:

André van Heerden (written by) &
Peter Lalonde (written by) ...

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

History awaits a verdict.

Plot:

The devil arrives on Earth to prove Jesus never existed.

Plot Keywords:

Trial | End Times | Lawyer | Christian | Antichrist

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Corbin Bernsen	...	Mitch Kendrick
Jessica Steen	...	Victoria Thorne
Leigh Lewis	...	Helen Hannah
Mr. T	...	J.T. Quincy
Nick Mancuso	...	Franco Macalousso
Michael Copeman	...	Judge Thorton Wells
Marium Carvell	...	Selma Davis
Sandra Caldwell	...	Sherry Quincy
Patrick Gallagher	...	Jake Goss
Arnold Pinnock	...	David Sands
Nicole Leroux	...	Dawn Blushak
Tony Nappo	...	Willie Spino
Doug Lennox	...	General Tyson Keenen
Steve Jackson	...	Alan Cantona
Jason Michaels	...	Eric Shearer

Also Known As:

Apocalypse IV: Judgment (USA) (series title)
O.N.E: One Nation Earth (UK) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Cloud Ten Pictures

Quotes:

[after interviewing Macalousso]
Victoria Thorne: This is a real god. A god of signs, and wonders. A god who loves humanity, doesn't think we're sinners, wants to teach us how to love each other, and take care of *this* world, *now*. This is Franco Macalousso, our bright and shining star. This is a god for today, and for the future.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (2006) (TV)

A Stalinist Like Trial

It seems Macaluso the anti-Christ is putting in a lot of time in dealing with this one newscaster who has denounced him for who and what he is. It's been three films now and there might yet be more in the offing.

Leigh Lewis has returned as Hannah Hunter, a Katie Couric like news anchor, who denounced Macaluso on network television and is now a fugitive in the one world government that Macaluso has made for himself as dictator of the world. She was caught in the last film, but he spared her for this film Judgment where she is now to be tried for her crimes.

In Judgment the Christians are now called Haters and it's big time illegal to be one. What Nick Mancuso as Macaluso wants is a Stalinist like show trial and you need the cooperation of all the parties for that one. That would include the defense attorney, but prosecutor Jessica Steen assures everyone that her old boyfriend Corbin Bernsen is the right attorney for their purposes.

In the meantime such zealous Christians as Mr. T and Selma Davis are planning a rescue of Lewis before the trial. And Bernsen is not quite what he seems to Mancuso and company.

Call me old fashioned, but what seems to be implicit here is that man is incapable of solving his own problems. And when a guy comes along who does solve our age old disputes and brings world peace, inherently he HAS to be evil. A lot of that attitude is a self fulfilling prophecy, we can't do anything for ourselves, don't try, but trust in some higher power for this world or a good place in the next. And then the problems don't get solved in any event.

Judgment is a low budget Christian film on the days after the Rapture and before the Second Coming as some Christians conceive them to be. Remember it's all in the realm of speculation. Take out the religious component and we call it science fiction.

We may yet see Hannah Hunter and Nick Macaluso back again for those interested.