Left Behind...will this be Nicky Cages best film ever?

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whenever it is you happen to be reading this.  I've returned for another movie review, this time the 2014 flick Left Behind starring Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson and Cassi Thomson.  Currently as of 9/5/15 it has a 3.1 rating over on IMDB.  This film is based on the best selling novel series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye which can be found here over on Amazon.  According to IMDB here is the description of the flick "A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction."  I will be honest up front that for the most part I really enjoyed the book series despite the religious themes...probably because of the end of days aspect of it!  Enough of this and onto the show!

• Lets start off the with the poster above...love the fact that Nicky Cage is making the Nicky Cage face!
• Wow...and the bible quotes come out 3 minutes into the flick
• So far neither of the main characters, Chloe or Buck fit my mental image.  Hattie sorta, kinda, but not exactly.  Its always weird when people/casting directors have completely different mental images
• Good grief, Cage is AWFUL and he has only been on my screen 30 seconds.  
•  They've done a good job of character development thus far
• Well that midget is kind of creepy
• Wow the actor for Raymie is really bad
• The story is quite different thus far
• This is starting to get a little drawn out, need more Rapturing and what not.  The family stuff was less in your face and more spread out...of course it was over 14 books
• And on cue people disappear!
• Its been years since I read the books but I don't think Chloe made it home before the Rapture
• Ah yes, people taking the money out of the pockets of those who disappeared
• Why would they want to see the Captain?  Like he would have answers?  People are weird
• Can a pilot really do that?  That makes me fear flying a little more
• I like how they make it clear only the sinners were left behind what with the immediate riots and looting
• The pilot trying his cell phone?  THAT'LL CRASH THE PLANE!!!
• First the looting and cheating now the drug using.  All sinners!
• And now a plane crash!  This movie basically has made me never fly again
• I'm disappointed that this is not the disaster I was hoping for.  Really building up the suspense of the Rapture.  
• Way too much time is being spent with the plane issue.  I realize it would be a major issue but slowing the flick down in my opinion
• That was the worst looking credit card ever!
• Yep, only sinners left behind.  I guess I have that to look forward to...and the demons that follow
• Dump the purse right here on all this sensitive equipment, it'll be fine
• Should have digitally removed those cars, remember the roads should be jammed
• If they don't make a second flick this flick was pointless
• Why would the satellites be gone/non working? 
• This isn't a Rapture movie, its a airplane disaster movie...sadly
• Ah the stop right before you hit the explodey thing, cliche much movie?

I don't know what to say about this flick.  It was an airplane disaster flick with a Rapture overtone. The Rapture was pointless as we don't have that goes along with it.  No Antichrist, no trials, no nothing.  

It wasn't the train wreck that I was looking for but it wasn't good either.  I am shocked that the authors supposedly loved the flick.  I give it a 3/10 mostly because it made no sense.  They took a great story, the Rapture and the 7 years that follow is a great story, and used it to give us a remake of those horrible 70's airplane flicks that Airplane! mocked.  

I wanted a good rapture flick and instead got this.  I should have known better then to expect a good flick but I had hope.  Until next time....Abyssinia!!