Revelation starts a long time ago, in fact we are informed that it's the year '50 A.D.' & that we are witnessing the crucifixion of Christ & a craftsman (Diran Meghreblian) constructing a small box that will become known as the Loculus. Revelataion then switches to 'South West France 1229' where a Jewish Alchemist (Uri Roodner) tries to unravel the mystery surrounding the Loculus & is killed by a chap called the Grand Master (Udo Kier) who turns up in both of these scenes & is Revelations chief bad guy. Presumeably the Loculus is lost as after these confusing flashbacks Revelation informs us that it's now 'South West France, Present Day'. A dodgy looking guy referred to in the credits as New Age Man (!?) (Heathcote Williams) is trying to find the Loculus for a billionaire named Magnus Martel (Terence Stamp) but has his tongue ripped out & left to die by the Grand Master as he gets close to the Loculus's location. Meanwhile Magnus has assembled Europes finest forensic scientists, archaeologists, astronomers, cell biologists, scholars of ancient history & an Alchemist named Mira (Natasha Wightman) in order to analyse, date, classify & decode the Loculus when it's eventually found. Magnus also enlists the help of his son Jake Martel (James D'Arcy) who has just been released from prison to help on the decoding side of things since, by a pure coincidence, Jake is a computer whizz. The Grand Master wants the Loculus as well so when the New Age Man fails to tell him what he wants to know he goes to Magnus's private island & slaughters everyone, everyone except Jake & the pretty female Alchemist Mira that is, who both manage to escape to mainland England. Once there Jake & Mira enlist the help of one of Jakes friends, who by another strange coincidence just happens to be a priest, named Ray Connolly (Liam Cunningham). As they follow the clues left by Magnus they discover that the Loculus has the potential to unleash great good, but also great evil... It's up to the three to find the Loculus & destroy it before it falls into the wrong hands, but will they succeed?
Written, co-produced & directed by Stuart Urban I thought Revelation was an absolute mess of a film. The script is simply terrible, it's confusing as it switches in both time & location quite frequently. It's as dull as dishwater, the characters spout lots of religious nonsense that just bored me to tears. It's incredibly stupid, the eventual use of the Loculus was revealed as a tool with which to preserve Jesus Christ's DNA so he could be cloned & brought back, since the technology is supposedly available some misguided soul thought it would be a good idea to make a near two hour film out of the idea, hey mate I've got news for you this ain't exactly Jurassic Park (1993) is it? The characters, no one is fleshed out or given a meaningful background & to make matters worse their all very unlikeable & bland. Plot holes I could easily drive a tank through, I mean how come the Grand Master has been around for literally 1000's of years? No explanation was given as far as I could tell or remember, how come two people who have never heard of the Loculus could find it within days when the Grand Master whose been around for all that time can't? What does the Grand Master exactly intend to do with a new born Christ? I'll be damned if the film mentioned it. It's identity, what is Revelation meant to be exactly? Is it an action film with it's race against time & standard army bad guys, or maybe a horror with it's brief supernatural elements & one or two gore scenes, or maybe it's a drama with everyones personal issues coming out & characters predictably falling in love, or maybe more of a political thriller with it's inclusion of the Church & U.S. Government? Revelation & it's makers can't seem to decide what it is & what makes it even worse is that it skips across various genres trying (& failing miserably) to explore various themes & issues. Revelation is just a complete mess from the confusing opening flashbacks to the lame ending which doesn't make a blind bit of sense & resolved virtually nothing, hey guys I've just wasted nearly two hours watching this crap you made & the least you can do is put some effort into a satisfying climax. There's a touch of nudity & a bit of gore with a skinless body & torture by iron which looked very painful. The acting throughout Revelation is awful & at least Terence Stamp had the good sense to be killed off less than half way through the film, Udo Kier is the only cast member I have any time for & is always fun to watch but even he looks bored. Technically Revelation is OK & generally well made, some of the European locations look nice too but I'm clutching at straws now trying to find things to praise in this rubbishy film. Overall I hated Revelation, it's dull, uninteresting, far fetched & too far stuck up it's own backside trying to be clever & thinking that it's succeeding. I'm glad I saw it on TV for free because if I had actually paid money to see this crap I'd be very upset... Definitely one to avoid, you have been warned!
Written, co-produced & directed by Stuart Urban I thought Revelation was an absolute mess of a film. The script is simply terrible, it's confusing as it switches in both time & location quite frequently. It's as dull as dishwater, the characters spout lots of religious nonsense that just bored me to tears. It's incredibly stupid, the eventual use of the Loculus was revealed as a tool with which to preserve Jesus Christ's DNA so he could be cloned & brought back, since the technology is supposedly available some misguided soul thought it would be a good idea to make a near two hour film out of the idea, hey mate I've got news for you this ain't exactly Jurassic Park (1993) is it? The characters, no one is fleshed out or given a meaningful background & to make matters worse their all very unlikeable & bland. Plot holes I could easily drive a tank through, I mean how come the Grand Master has been around for literally 1000's of years? No explanation was given as far as I could tell or remember, how come two people who have never heard of the Loculus could find it within days when the Grand Master whose been around for all that time can't? What does the Grand Master exactly intend to do with a new born Christ? I'll be damned if the film mentioned it. It's identity, what is Revelation meant to be exactly? Is it an action film with it's race against time & standard army bad guys, or maybe a horror with it's brief supernatural elements & one or two gore scenes, or maybe it's a drama with everyones personal issues coming out & characters predictably falling in love, or maybe more of a political thriller with it's inclusion of the Church & U.S. Government? Revelation & it's makers can't seem to decide what it is & what makes it even worse is that it skips across various genres trying (& failing miserably) to explore various themes & issues. Revelation is just a complete mess from the confusing opening flashbacks to the lame ending which doesn't make a blind bit of sense & resolved virtually nothing, hey guys I've just wasted nearly two hours watching this crap you made & the least you can do is put some effort into a satisfying climax. There's a touch of nudity & a bit of gore with a skinless body & torture by iron which looked very painful. The acting throughout Revelation is awful & at least Terence Stamp had the good sense to be killed off less than half way through the film, Udo Kier is the only cast member I have any time for & is always fun to watch but even he looks bored. Technically Revelation is OK & generally well made, some of the European locations look nice too but I'm clutching at straws now trying to find things to praise in this rubbishy film. Overall I hated Revelation, it's dull, uninteresting, far fetched & too far stuck up it's own backside trying to be clever & thinking that it's succeeding. I'm glad I saw it on TV for free because if I had actually paid money to see this crap I'd be very upset... Definitely one to avoid, you have been warned!