Rapture-Palooza (2013)

• Year: 2013
• Released: 13 Jun 2013
• Country: United States
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1879032/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Rapture_Palooza
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rapture-palooza
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
• Runtime: 85 min
• Writer: Chris Matheson
• Director: Paul Middleditch
• Cast: Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley
• Keywords: apocalypse, anti-christ, the rapture,

	5.2/10
	44/100
	24% – Critics
	29% – Audience

Rapture-Palooza Storyline

As the Rapture is taking place before their very eyes, the teenage couple, Lindsey Lewis and her boyfriend, Ben House, find themselves left behind in an Apocalyptic Seattle. As a result, amid the rest of the non-believers, they will have to fend for themselves and suffer unimaginable plagues, as the entirely unhinged politician known as “The Beast”, takes the world by storm. But, as if that weren’t enough, before long, the lewd leader takes a shine to unsuspecting Lindsey, hell-bent on making her his wife. Now, the fate of the world rests in the hands of a single woman. Is there a way to outsmart the deranged megalomaniac, and in the process, save humankind?

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Folks, light ’em up, ‘coz the end of days are upon us…

“Rapture-Palooza” is the type of comedy that might not be suitable for just anyone. Especially if you are a devout religious fanatic. “Rapture-Palooza” takes on the rapture and biblical issues with a sarcastic and hilarious glove and just slaps it around.

The story is about, well, the rapture. All God-fearing men and women are sucked into Heaven and the rest of us are stuck on Earth – tormented by annoying locusts, torrents of blood raining from the sky, burning rocks that hail down from the sky, and then there is The Beast; Mr. Antichrist himself (played by Craig Robinson). Lindsey (played by Anna Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben (played by John Francis Daley) finds themselves having to confront The Beast in order to thwart his wicked plans.

Now, I am not a Christian, but I found the things that took place in this movie hilarious and tremendously enjoyable. The kind of religious satire that made up “Rapture-Palooza” is in your face, it is brutal and to the point, but most importantly, it is drop dead hilarious. And I was laughing a lot through most of this movie – this was just simply brilliant comedy. And the scene where Jesus descended from the Heaven upon the winged horse, that just had me laughing myself to tears.

The people hired for the roles in this movie were doing great jobs. I enjoyed seeing Craig Robinson playing the role of The Beast/the Antichrist, and also the hilarious appearance of Ken Jeong as God. But aside from them, then the cast list was really impressive and had a good amount of talents to it.

I found it surprising that this movie would make it out of Hollywood, given the seriousness of religion in the USA. Now, I know I am generalizing here, but I think such a movie as this one might stir up a storm in a glass of water. Personally, I enjoyed it for what it is – a comedy about religion. And if you are easily offended by such jabs at your faith in God or your religion, then quite simply don’t watch this movie.

“Rapture-Palooza” gets a 7 out of 10 stars rating from me, because it was hilarious, well acted, had good special effects, and most importantly, had a wonderful comical approach to religion.

better second half

The rapture is here. Lindsey Lewis (Anna Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben House (John Francis Daley) are left behind. Her mother Ana Gasteyer) gets sent back. Along with her father (John Michael Higgins) and her brother Clark (Calum Worthy), they suffer through yelling locus, raining blood and wraiths. Her neighbor Mr. Murphy (Thomas Lennon) returns as a lawn mowing zombie. Politician Earl Gundy (Craig Robinson) takes over the White House and nukes people as the Beast. A meteorite destroys Ben and Lindsey’s food cart and they have to join Ben’s dad (Rob Corddry) working for the Beast. The Beast takes a liking to Lindsey and they have to come up with a plan to defeat him.

The first half is bland. Kendrick and Daley being blasé about hell on earth isn’t as funny as it sounds. I definitely would get rid of the creepy locus. It’s super weird looking and sets the wrong tone for a comedy. It’s not like this is a horror comedy so it needs to be gone. The second half is much better and has a few good laughs. Kendrick and Daley have a plan. They get to be sarcastic which is much better than the low energy not-caring characters in the first half. Tom Lennon is a lot of fun. Craig Robinson gets a bit rapey but once they come up with a plan, it’s not that bad. I actually enjoyed the second half.

WHO’S YOUR BEAST?

This story centers around Lindsey (Anna Kendrick) who has caught the eye of the portly foul-mouthed Anti-Christ (Craig Robinson) who prefers to be called “The Beast.” Her complaining mother has returned from heaven, having been kicked out of the rapture.

The idea was clever, especially how man learns to calmly deal with the various plagues thrown his way. I enjoyed the Maddow joke as well as the “fowl-mouthed” crows. The humor was spotty. The jokes were rather lame and juvenile. The writers came up with a half decent plot but couldn’t execute on dialogue, which made the actors look bad. It has the stupidity and language of a teen sex comedy that misses the mark.

Might make it as a low brow rental.

Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity. Sex talk.