The Journey: Absolution (1997)

• Year: 1997
• Released: 23 Nov 1999
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119423/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_journey_absolution
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: TV-14
• Genre: Sci-Fi
• Runtime: 94 min
• Writer: Chris Chaffin
• Director: David DeCoteau
• Cast: Mario Lopez, Nick Spano, Damon Sharpe
• Keywords: martial arts, alien, space station, homoeroticism,

	2.5/10
	0% – Audience

The Journey: Absolution Storyline

Most of Earth has been destroyed by an asteroid. A small military colony, New America, has managed to survive in the Arctic. When a soldier goes missing at the colony, authorities send Ryan Murphy to investigate.

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Ugh

With most of Earth destroyed by an asteroid, only one small military base has survived. New America, located in the Arctic, is our last best hope of repopulating the Earth. Luckily, it’s staffed by 1990’s TV stars like Richard Grieco, Nick Spano, Jaime Pressly and most importantly, Mario Lopez.

If you’re wondering, “WIll I see Mario without a shirt in this movie?” allow me to set your mind at ease. David DeCoteau directed this. So yes, the fact that he even wears a shirt in the cold permafrost of the Arctic should amaze you.

This movie posits that a murder has happened on the base and that Lopez is there to investigate why Grieco’s character is abusing his soldiers. But really it’s about dudes just hanging and banging in their boxers or briefs while burning each other with cigars, hugging it out and sipping steroids out of a giant goblet, because look, DeCoteay has an audience and they – and he – demand such actions.

Did this thing have a script?

I have seen some movies that were pretty out there and totally incoherent, but a lot of the times it is because they are one of those home brewed movies done on the cheap. Not saying this thing had blockbuster money behind it, but it was not done on the super cheap either and it totally made no sense. It is to the point where it almost seems like it should be a sequel to something.

The story, oh boy, going to give this the old college try. An asteroid has decimated earth and 30 years later Mario Lopez goes to a base in the arctic to train or something. It may be a school, and it has airtight security, but some girls can somehow get in and where the heck are they coming from? A crazed guy is running the show and he seems to have motivations and he is an alien…I guess. Mario is trying to save his friend and people are aware that the guy running this place is unstable, but Mario has to save his friend before they shut the place down and then his friend gets shot and Mario seems to get over it in record time…did I mention there may be aliens or something?

The movie is horrible, my explanation is more coherent than the actual movie as I truly watched this thing in a state of confusion. Mario Lopez just does not scream bad ass and Richard Grieco is so over the top whispering then shouting and Jamie Pressly in this thing is pointless, just a way for the director to convince the viewer that this is not his homoerotic fantasy fan fiction.

So, no, this thing is not good. Once again, people dare say Manos: The Hands of Fate is the worst movie of all time, but I knew what the heck was going on in that film, the story had a coherence. This thing did not. If you are a woman or a gay guy it may be worth viewing as there are dudes with no shirts and in their underwear all over the film, but even then you will not enjoy the plot! Honestly, I have seen better stories and plots in adult films!

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Watched it on Rifftrax and I was crying the whole time