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Summary: An American nightmare
Comment: "The Second Coming," directed by Jack Walsh, takes place in an alternate or near future United States. A Christian fundamentalist sect called the Allied Forces of God is attempting to establish a theocracy, and in this viciously homophobic atmosphere a young gay Latino man named Carlos becomes involved in a resistance movement. At 53 minutes, this is a relatively short film."Second Coming" is thought-provoking and stylishly made; the soundtrack is effective and there are some really haunting visual images. But ultimately I found the film less than satisfying. At times the film is heavy-handed, and some parts struck me as too contrived. A key problem with the film is its portrayal of anti-gay Christian fundamentalism. The film's "Christian Right" is like a hard-to-believe cartoon compared to today's slicker, media savvy Christian Right activists. And rather than open up dialogue between gay rights supporters and conservative Christians, this film seems like it would just widen the chasms already existing in our culture.
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Summary: Worth watching. Way too many similarities to politics today
Comment: This movie is not great but it is worth watching.Everytime I hear the President use the use the term "the citizenry . . .," or "the citizens", I think about this movie. He sounds way to much like the religious right president in this movie.
No, we are no where close to the premise coming true but there are enough similarities with current events to make this movie worth watching.
The movie is strongly left-wing. So the irony of critizing the religious right while embracing an equally totalatarian alternative is a big detraction.
But once you get past the left wing politics of the script, there is a part of this movie that works and thus makes worth your time.
As other reviewers suggested, there is no sex to speak of in this movie (which based on the cover you might expect there to be). Watch this if you want a short but provactive movie that will at least make you think.
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Summary: Where Was the First Coming?
Comment: Hi Everybody, When a film is written, produced and directed by the same person ya know you're in for a bumpy ride. Jack Walsh is in the driver's seat, and he's DUI. Too bad somebody didn't pull him over before he made this trip to nowhere. This black and white film is a whiny, nonsensical, and totally unfathomable piece about some kids who get upset because some right wing group is threatening to detonate the nukes at The Bureau of Standards if somebody doesn't convene a constitutional convention to rewrite the Constitution in terms avowing Christian values. (Exactly! The nukes at the Burea of Standards! I thought the BOS housed like clocks and stuff.)
A Jew and an Hispanic homosexual link up. These 2 highschoolers send out underground messages that are less poignant than Bart Simpson's board notes, yet one is killed and the other tortured and killed for their efforts. It's all very confusing.
I'm truly sorry I paid almost $...for this waste. No sex to sspeak of...
Don't get in the car with this Walsh guy.He ain't got a clue where he's going.
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Summary: Second Coming
Comment: The dialog, graphics and acting are about as poor as one can find. This is one of those films which is promoted so well and
succeeds in only leaving the viewer with one question - Why did I waste my money buying this? In my opinion, no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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Summary: Pretty Angry
Comment: Less than an hour long, Jack Walsh delivers a mixture of personal biography and Dr. Strangelove-like science fiction. Through a blend of experimental montage and voice-over story telling, he recounts how the young Carlos, the son of an alcoholic mother and a deceased war veteran, became involved in an anti-fascist cell dedicated to making agitprop films against Christian fundamentalists who are executing a coup d'etat in the U.S. Though fact and paranoia often merge, and the filming and acting sometimes slip, the result remains surprisingly real and unfortunately timely.
