Left Behind

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Left Behind

PG-13

Released Oct 3, 2014

1h 51m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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The entire planet is thrown into mayhem when millions of people disappear without a trace -- all that remains are their clothes and belongings. Unmanned vehicles crash and planes fall from the sky, overwhelming emergency forces and causing massive gridlock, riots and chaos. Airline pilot Ray Steele (Nicolas Cage) struggles to save the lives of the passengers who remain on his flight, while his daughter (Cassi Thomson) races to find her brother and mother, both of whom have disappeared.

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Yea verily, like unto a plague of locusts, Left Behind hath begat a further scourge of devastation upon Nicolas Cage's once-proud filmography.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

The effects are hilarious, the sets are rinky-dink, and the character names are funnier than a full season of 'Big Bang Theory,' and the "narrative arc" of our heroine is laughably predictable.

May 30, 2016

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Alonso Duralde

Linoleum Knife

The first movie made from this material was all about the Anti-Christ taking over the UN. This one's about landing a plane.

Oct 20, 2014

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Monica Castillo

Paste Magazine

The movie unravels in its own destruction. Every effort to milk the tragedy of the apocalypse is met with terrible music, acting and effects that soak (and drown) the pathos in camp fare.

Rated: 2.5/10

Oct 9, 2014

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

Cage has little to do but somehow manages to do less with it.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 23, 2023

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…Left Behind seems entirely preoccupied with the mechanics of landing a jet aircraft on a motorway rather than any advanced theological questions...

Rated: 1/5

May 15, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Cage is a practitioner of the Nouveau Shamanic school of acting but here he has dialled it down perhaps out of respect to the religious nature of the material, or perhaps he's saving the wild stuff for Con Air 2: This Time it's Biblical.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Whiskey56 V

I liked this movie. It was a good time on a Saturday afternoon with my wife and daughter. I think it's very solidly 3 to 3 1/2 stars, but i'm ranking it 5 stars to counteract the 0% rating by all the Godless hollywood demon worshipping critics who are obviously deeply triggered by it's very existence. Seriously folks, this movie is not bad at all. Hellywood: Now *that* is bad.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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B U

One of my fav Nicolas Cage movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/24

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Bryce R

I mean if you love action movies like this, then I guess it would be good for you to watch. But there’s plenty of better action movies to watch than this movie. As a Christian someone please tell me if this movie managed to convert any atheists.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/24

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Peter L

Another attempt by the Christian right to send the message that if you don't follow their imaginary God, you'll be abandoned and left to suffer for 7 years in hell on earth. It was a real comedy romp. I laughed through much of it. Gotta love the message of fear. Really inspires one to jump on the holy bandwagon. AAAuuuuuugh.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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emily d

it's pretty horrible in theory, but besides the fear-mongering i'm not gonna lie and say i didn't wanna finish watching it LMAO

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/05/24

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William

Who greenlit this? How did it get made? For what I assume is suppose to be an eerie suspenseful thriller it is utterly unwatchable and ironically the only emotion I felt is hysterical laughter when Martin Klebba exits the plane. I mean, it's REALLY FUNNY I hit the rewind button 5 times. I assume Vic Armstrong just gave up at that point.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Synopsis

The entire planet is thrown into mayhem when millions of people disappear without a trace -- all that remains are their clothes and belongings. Unmanned vehicles crash and planes fall from the sky, overwhelming emergency forces and causing massive gridlock, riots and chaos. Airline pilot Ray Steele (Nicolas Cage) struggles to save the lives of the passengers who remain on his flight, while his daughter (Cassi Thomson) races to find her brother and mother, both of whom have disappeared.

Director: Vic Armstrong
Producer: Paul Lalonde, Ed Clydesdale
Screenwriter: Paul Lalonde, John Patus
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Production Co: Stoney Lake Entertainment, Entertainment One
Rating: PG-13 (Some Thematic Elements|Brief Drug Content|Violence/Peril)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 22, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.0M
Runtime: 1h 51m

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