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The Apocalypse

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2004 | 93 min | Drama, TV Movie

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of fans of end-of-the-world stories and anyone who likes knowing it really happened. It builds a whole broken world and makes you live in it. Based on real events, so expect to go down a research rabbit hole afterwards.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 33 min.
What might put you off
Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.

The film is set in 90 AD and concerns Jesus Christ's last surviving disciple, John of Patmos, and his writings and visions from the Apocalypse of John. Emperor Domitian has declared himself to be God and ruler, over heaven and earth. The Christians do not recognize his divinity and face persecution, from the God Emperor. John has been imprisoned on, the island of Patmos, a Roman mining, penal colony, with many others. He writes out messages of his visions and sends the "Revelation of God", to the seven churches of Greek Asia Minor. The Christian church, in Ephesus, sends Irene to make sure John is alive and to confer with him in person. The movie depicts scenes from the Book of Revelation and links them to events happening to the church in Asia.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 21K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Raffaele Mertes

  • Richard HarrisJohn
  • Benjamin SadlerValerius
  • Christian KohlundQuintus Maximus
  • Vittoria BelvedereIrene
  • Erol SanderIonicus
  • Ian DuncanDemetrius
  • Bruce PayneDomitian
  • Walter NudoHermes
  • Constantine GregoryCorvus
  • Luca WardEracle