In a remote space observatory perched high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a needle frantically scratches erratic lines on a strip chart recorder confirming an extraterrestrial signal. Emmett Shaw, the powerful, charismatic billionaire who owns the observatory, rushes to the station, hungry to expose the discovery. This is the biggest moment in human history and he is the man responsible for it all. With the goal of immediately sharing the signal with the entire world, he brings along two leading journalists--Kara Walsh, an extremely attractive, top-notch investigative reporter who begrudgingly owes her career to Shaw, and Reverend Fletcher, a new age visionary with the hottest radio show in the country. Also accompanying Shaw is Jack Jones, a scruffy but brilliant computer technician whose pessimistic and often sarcastic attitude ruffles many feathers in the group--especially Smitty's, the program director, who happens to be Jack's ex-girlfriend and the only Christian in the group.
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I watched this movie because I read about the story on the back of the DVD cover and I really liked it because I'm a big fan of the X-Files series and it seemed to be something of that sort. But unfortunately this movie was a complete disappointment. I watched it twice (only because I was confused after watching it the first time and I thought I might have missed something) and it still leaves me confused and wondering what the main plot is (if it has a plot, that is). The only highlights in the movie are the main actors (at least the male cast). I think Judd Nelson's performance was brilliant. Having taken basic lessons in sign language I got to know some hearing disabled people myself and something they all had in common was their calm nature. I think Judd was very believable in his role. His performance and the performances of Louis Gossett Jr and Jefferson Mappin made me give this movie a 4/10. It was a pleasure seeing them play so well together, but the best performance can't save a bad story, so I can't really recommend this movie to anyone but fans of the actors, and even they probably won't watch it more than once.
"Deceived" is a pretty good title, since most sci-fi fans would be just that -- deceived by a thinly-disguised and abominably-acted piece of so-called "Christian drama" by a purely "Christian Production Company."It was fairly obvious early on where this one was heading, and awful as it had been thus far, I thought I'd stick it out strictly from curiosity. Big mistake.As even most Christians with any taste will admit, the only thing worse than "Christian music" is "Christian films." Think of this little stinker as the film equivalent of a Jack Chick comic-book tract, only you find it wasting space in a video store rather than stuck in a phone booth or a men's lavatory. The Bible-thumping contingent will of course love this film for the same reason the other 95% of us will be bored -- the cooked-to-death preachiness wherein the power of prayer replaces the cavalry to the rescue.
One of the worst movies I have seen this year! Bad acting, poor plot, no ideas. I dont mind the low budget movies but most of the budget of this poor (in absence of better word at the moment let's promote it into movie) movie was spent on smashing cool flat panels at the end. Poor monitors - died in vain. Skip it! Or if you want to amuse yourself and check how bad a movie can be - this is the contender!
Cloud Ten has made some pretty decent films in the past such as the Apocolypse Series, which I actually enjoyed, but this film is pure garbage. Thank God I didn't pay full price for it ( I auctioned it off of ebay for around $10.00). This movie should be number one in the "Worst Movies of All Time". The storyline is so retarded. If you don't want to waste your time and money, do yourself a favor and avoid seeing this film. -1/10