Uriah43 This movie starts off with a Jewish scholar by the name of "Rabbi Rostenberg" (Yehuda Efroni) completing research on a Biblical code which can unlock secret messages of prophetic importance from within the Bible. Because of the significant advantages to be gained from its possession, evil forces want his work and send a hit man named "Dominic" (Michael Ironside) to kill him and acquire it. They succeed in killing him and they get most of the code. But not all. When the news of Rabbi Rostenberg's murder leaks out a popular motivational speaker named "Gillen Lane" (Casper Van Dien) is called upon by television reporter "Cassandra Barashe" (Catherine Oxenberg) to explain to her audience the importance of this Bible code. Not long afterward the man recently appointed as the Chairman of the European Union, "Stone Alexander" (Michael York) calls upon Gillen Lane to be his public relations spokesman as he launches an effort to consolidate the world under his leadership. Anyway, rather than disclose the entire plot and ruin the mystery for those who haven't seen this movie I will just say that while this film is entertaining the story itself is mishandled a bit. The main cause of this is the fact that it spends a great deal of time on setting up the story but condenses way too much material at the end. As a result the ending leaves much to be desired. Still, both Michael Ironside and Michael York, along with Catherine Oxenberg to a lesser degree, performed in a reasonably good manner and their performances make the film watchable. However, I cannot say the same for Casper Van Dien as he just didn't have the presence required to be a lead actor. In any case, this isn't a bad Christian film and I think it deserves an average rating.

bkoganbing How well I remember back in 1999 when the Crouch family went into the movie producing business with this end times film, The Omega Code. End times films are a regular cottage industry among the evangelicals and the beauty is that it can be interpreted so many ways that those who want to make these films will have yet another interpretation of scripture.Usually they're not very good and this one is no exception. But with a network at your command The Omega Code was promoted like only a Disney film would be. Paul Crouch and his wife Jan who looks like a Christian version of Mae West put their son Matthew in charge and he directed this film. I suspect that players like Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenburg and Michael Ironside probably directed themselves. Each made very sure there presence was known often clashing with the others. No one was piloting this ship.And of all things scandal befell this Christian movie as Casper and Catherine found love while married to others. A dime store version of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Not the kind of publicity you want with the fundamentalist audience you are trying to reach.Scandal did not hurt Casper Van Dien's career, but I suspect association with this product did with mainstream audiences. He had done so well playing Tarzan and with Starship Troopers. Here he plays a charismatic motivational speaker along the lines that Tom Cruise did in Magnolia. He gets a call from international media magnate Michael York to work for him as a kind of press spokesman. That arouses some jealousy in Michael Ironside who plays a Satanic hit-man. As for York he's getting the ultimate kind of help for the ultimate kind of ambition.Those who are fundamentalists will not be deterred from seeing The Omega Code. It's better than some Christian films, not as good as others.

Filipe Malafaia I must admit that I'm not a huge fan of biblical thrillers, once I've never seen a really good one. These films are poor in every way: acting, special effects, score and script, everything in them is terrible. I couldn't believe when I searched IMDb for the opinions of the users on The Omega Code and I still found positive reviews! Nothing is interesting in this example of how you mustn't do biblical thrillers. Casper Van Dien in a leading role makes everything worse. He never convinces the audience as a religion expert with master degrees in Cambridge! Anyway, this film must definitely be erased from my head, and I honestly hope you don't even put your eyes in it. It is not good. Trust me.

tblutes-1 This hideous waste of celluloid warrants less than a 1. The problem with movies like this - other than the obvious low production value of this one - is their conflation of religious mythology and suspense/thriller genre techniques. Even for those who believe in the fairy-tale nonsense of ancient prophecies, this movie strains the imagination. Casper Van Dien offers what is probably the flattest performance of his lackluster career. Michael York - an otherwise brilliant actor - shows an unappealingly hammy side. Catherine Oxenberg, York's protégé, gives the best performance in this otherwise worthless piece of hysterical religious propaganda. Michael Ironside looks like he'd rather be somewhere else.... I couldn't blame him! But, hey you take what you can get. The graphics are very obvious and overdone. The entire movie fails to suspend one's disbelief - except in disbelieving that anyone could make such an awful flick. Thanks to the fans of Christian TV, it will sell some DVDs.