The sequel to Left Behind has Nicolai Carpathia, the established Antichrist, looking to sign a treaty with Israel and establish himself as more or less, "The King of the world." (shade sof DiCaprio shouting from the Titanic in the movie of the same title). Having charmed his way into everyone's hearts as a great man of peace, only a handful of Christians realize what he is really up to. These Christians form The Tribulation Force in opposition to him and seek to sabotage his efforts as best they can. Let the games begin.

There are several improvements over the first movie in some respects, most importantly being a Bernard Herrman type score that works perfectly with the scenes. What I would dub the "Nicolai theme", where the Antichrist forms an alliance with Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron) on top of a skyscraper overlooking the city is particularly chilling. Thank God for the good guys, Nicolai is being played and in the end, is partially foiled in his plans. Seen raving and raging in his private plane, it's back to the drawing board, but in the third segment of film, World At War, he will be back with a vengeance.

There are greater special effects than in the first film, including a morphing effect where for a split second, Nicolai looks like a giant Gila Monster rather than a human being. Likewise, two biblical prophets appear at the Wailing Wall and shoot flames from their mouths, destroying some of those who would do Nicolai's bidding. Those are just a few high points.

Chalk one more up for Gordon Currie as his slick performance as The Antichrist. This go-around his evil starts to surface, where it was fairly sublime in the first go-around, at least until the end, when he makes his presence known. Kirk Cameron also turns in an emotional performance as the once skeptical reporter, now on the side of right and determined to do all he can to throw a wrench into the Antichrist's plans. Numerous supporting actors and actresses, as well as extras with brief speaking parts, help make the film interesting.

A nonbeliever will groan and roll his eyes at some of the conversion scenes, obligatory in a Cloud Ten Production, but in this epic battle of good versus evil, the preachiness that occasionally comes through tends to make sense. Christians, for the most part, have gone nuts over this series of movies, with more to come.

review � by Dale Pierce

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