Netflix Self-Torture Experiment Trilogy #50 - 2012: Doomsday
No, this isn’t the big-budget 2012 movie that just came out on DVD. This is some low-budget film from a couple years ago which is undoubtedly worse.
Synopsis from Netflix: Four strangers are drawn to an ancient temple in Mexico on Dec. 21, 2012, to witness a global catastrophe of epic proportions. Based on actual Mayan prophecy, the story melds folklore and Christian beliefs with science, exploring themes of climate change and spiritual renewal. Ami Dolenz, Dale Midkiff, Cliff De Young and Collin Brock star in this apocalyptic thriller directed by Nick Everhart.
My thoughts: Either this movie was made by the same people that made the Left Behind series or it was funded by Kirk Cameron because I did not expect the relentless Christian extremist views that it put forth. Honestly, it was like watching a pseudo-documentary on Fox News.
What I found even more troubling than the Rapture-style premonitions were the lack of continuity and gigantic plot holes. I don’t even think I can properly put it in to words, but it somehow involved Chichen-Itza actually being a Christian temple and the world could be saved if a woman gave birth there on the fated doomsday. Of course that’s exactly what ended up happening, but then why did all the devout people (apparently) ascend in to heaven ahead of time? It seems pointless to have a Rapture if the world doesn’t actually end. Beats me, but then again I don’t buy in to any of that bullshit to begin with. [One out of five stars.]
