Because of the positive reviews I went along with it might be OK to watch on my movie day.Within the first few minutes; I knew it was a horrible movie and decided to give it 20 minutes.The fight scenes are laughably reviewed as Equilibrum, Matrix, and etc. . . 1 review even compares this to Blade Runner.The fight scenes are so ridiculous you'd be better off going to a local martial arts school for pre-teens and watching them fight.No story, No acting, and essentially nothing. I watched a lot of Sci Fi B Movies in the 80s on VHS; they at least had a story, if they were weak with fight scenes they didn't go out of their way to point it out to you, and most importantly; they were actually concerned about the audience. For example, you make it for someone to view. If you make it as a student project to get a pass grade in school, then good for you; and no need to share.Any time you take to go through and figure out if this movie is worth even watching is time wasted.

I'm having a hard time making my mind up about this one. Considering the subject matter, I should be all over this with resounding praise, but the execution gives me pause. Let me go into specs and see if I can make sense of it.First, acting: scattered. Some of the actors were legitimately good (Samantha Noble probably gave the best performance on the whole). Others were obviously bad (Ahriman was forcing it way too much). Most of the others were somewhere in between--the actor playing Michael/Sammael being one of them. So, on the whole, I'd call the acting forgettable.Effects: pretty good for a low-budget film. I think my favorite part of the effects side was the Gabriel/Ahriman battle. I was legitimately impressed with that part. With a film like this, though, you learn to gloss over the effects because it is done on a low budget.Plot: this is where it really gets iffy for me. The lore/theology/whatever term you want to use--it was rather noncommittal. That is a little annoying for me. Yes, there were good angels and evil angels, but the idea of them coming to Purgatory and taking truly mortal forms, with all the emotional baggage that comes with it, is kinda strange. Plus, the hierarchy in the spiritual world is hazy. There is no true mention of God or Lucifer or any being that would have the authority to rule Heaven or Hell. They don't even call places Heaven or Hell. The angels, or Arks, just refer to "The Light". Sounds kinda New- Age or something as opposed to a place where angels reside. There is barely any mention of a place for demons--the Fallen.Maybe they were trying to make it easier to swallow for viewers who don't have any spiritual beliefs or something, but I find it a little annoying; it is already based loosely on known theological doctrine, so why not make it more accurate according to the existing theology/lore/whatever?Also, as far as plotting goes, I don't really get the point of throwing in the Gabriel/Jade sex scene--no service to the plot (after having gone through a fury-driven battle with Asmodeus because of the other Arks getting killed, having sex with the Ark who lost her wings is not going to help him with his quest); and it just adds to the confused/noncommittal spiritual law problem I have with it.Finally, the ending is rather strange as well: in order to remember all that has happened and to understand how it happened, Gabriel "falls from grace" and becomes a true mortal--it's a dark rip-off of "City of Angels" with Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan.So, all in all, I call it a confused effort. Nice try, I suppose; but it was not solid enough to be worth a second go.

OK let's get the bad stuff out of the way first, it's a low budget film, the actors aren't great and generally quite bad a times but that is easily forgiven.To me there is a lot of truth within this film and the story is good which is ultimately what makes this film good and it's a great example that you don't need millions to make a decent film as well as the artistic feel (at times) it's just let down by some terrible acting, corny moments because this could have been a masterpiece if they worked on those things.They are actually working on a sequel and I for one am very exited, hopefully they'll work on the aforementioned negatives and make a brilliant next movie.

First of: If you don't feel like reading all the review, at least read the Bottom line at the end, it will tell you all you need to know.I was surprise to see this movie has just 5 stars accumulative in IMDb. Usually IMDb is a great place to get good references for movies, but this time, don't pay too much attention to bad reviews.I can understand if people didn't like the movie, but the comments from people who rated the movie low just doesn't make sense.The acting is good, specially coming from unknown actors... I particularly liked the performance of Dwaine Stevenson. But most other characters did a very good job as well.The setting was portrayed adequately, and the effects, I believe, for the most part where good, not over-done or exaggerated.Truth is, I would change a few things from the movie, but that is also true for most movies I see, possible exceptions include Training Day and The Matrix...If you are looking to compare this movie, you need look no further than Constantine, but it is in no way a copy, it just resembles in how it feels for the viewer.I personally think that a low budget didn't hurt this movie that much, and the people involved did a far better job than with bigger, higher-budget blockbusters.Bottom line is: If you think the premise of the movie seems interesting, you will probably like it. Otherwise, don't see it cause you'll just be another reviewer posting a bad review on a good movie.