Left Behind: World at War (2005)

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Writers:

Jerry B. Jenkins (novel)
Reverend Tim LaHaye (novel)

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

It's been eighteen months since Nicolae Carpathia's rise to power, and has been captivating the whole world...

Plot Keywords:

President | Antichrist | Religion | Future | Sequel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.	...	President Gerald Fitzhugh (as Lou Gossett Jr.)
Kirk Cameron	...	Buck Williams
Brad Johnson	...	Rayford Steele
Jessica Steen	...	Carolyn Miller
Gordon Currie	...	Nicolae Carpathia
Janaya Stephens	...	Chloe Steele
Chelsea Noble	...	Hattie Durham
Laura Catalano	...	Amanda White
Arnold Pinnock	...	Bruce Barnes
Charles Martin Smith	...	Vice President John Mallory
David Eisner	...	Chief of Staff Allan Campbell
Martin Randez	...	Andrews
Phillip Jarrett	...	Trent (as Phil Jarrett)
David Macniven	...	Chris Smith (as David MacNiven)
Patrick Stevenson	...	GC Officer

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Cloud Ten Pictures

Trivia:

Clarence Gilyard Jr., was originally signed to reprise his role of Bruce Barnes, but couldn't return due to a scheduling conflict.

Quotes:

Buck Williams: [Chole is about to leave and take medicine to the sick] I don't like this idea and your dad won't either.
Chloe Steele: You're supposed to love and obey.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Lately

Lou Gossett makes believable this most action-filled of the Left Behind Series

The 3rd in this Evangelical Christian Sci-Fi Thriller Series is even better than the 1st 2.

I have several reasons for saying so, and none have to do with the similarity, or lack thereof, with the books.

I've never read the books.

This film is an out and out Action film with a mission.

It is bringing home in a very strong fashion that whatever comes next in the series ain't gonna be a walk in the park.

While Buck, and the other Christian characters, are strong characters portrayed nicely by strong B-Level Actors the nature of the story, and of the growing power and menace of the character powerfully played by Gordon Currie, demanded an A-List Star with the Gravitas to sell the violent nature of the tale.

You have to remember that this is Low Budget Film-making ( Though they obviously spent much more money on the "Boom!" this time, as well as on Gossett ), and that plot choices are made with the number of actors the budget would allow.

This film belonged to Lou Gossett Jr..

Gossett does a stellar job of making us believe in all his character does as he learns an awful truth, and makes various decisive choices along the way.

To say more would spoil the enjoyment of a very interesting film.