Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)Movies

Movies from Film Forum, 09/28/01This week, television and film studios showed an admirable sense of reverence, appropriateness, and responsibility by postponing and canceling the release of violent, destruction-filled movies out of respect for the nation's wounded state. (Makes sense to me: When someone has broken bones, it's probably unwise to invite them to a playful bout of wrestling.) Meanwhile, 8x Entertainment went ahead and released the apocalyptic Christian movie Megiddo: The Omega Code 2. Some theatre owners refused to show the film, concerned that vivid imagery of stylized violence and war in the Middle East might be unsuitable entertainment for audiences in the wake of September 11. But in the places where it was shown, Megiddo, which was funded by Trinity Broadcasting, had the...