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The Omega Code (1999)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:2

Rotten:22

Average Rating:3/10

Consensus: Mysticism, overacting, and overall gimcrackery eventually weigh down the story.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Dr. Gillen Lane (Van Dien) is a famous motivational speaker and New Age guru who unknowingly becomes a pawn in the game of Stone Alexander (York), a corrupt businessman whose goal it is to control... Dr. Gillen Lane (Van Dien) is a famous motivational speaker and New Age guru who unknowingly becomes a pawn in the game of Stone Alexander (York), a corrupt businessman whose goal it is to control the world. By unraveling a numerical code hidden within the bible, Alexander attempts to do just that. This independently financed $7.2 million dollar film shocked Hollywood insiders when it managed to slip into the box office top ten under their radar, and will most certainly be remembered in cinematic history as the first film marketed exclusively at Evangelical Christians (successfully, at that). [More]

Starring: Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg, Michael Ironside

Starring: Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg, Michael Ironside, Jan Triska, Devon Odessa, William Hootkins, Robert Ito, Janet Carroll, George Coe

Director: Robert Marcarelli

Director: Robert Marcarelli
Screenwriter: Stephan Blinn, Hollis Barton
Producer: Robert Marcarelli, Lawrence Mortorff, Matthew Crouch
Composer: Harry Manfredini

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Mar 28, 2000

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03/09/05
Rebecca Murray
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02/13/03
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
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No review available.

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Quick-paced editing; good special effects.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Longino
Bob Longino
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Neither smart and provocative enough to inspire serious religious debate nor amateurish enough to qualify as good schlock.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Russell Smith
Russell Smith
Austin Chronicle

After a promising start, Omega Code devolves into chase after chase, cliche after cliche, until you've finally forgotten just what it is that darn old code's supposed to do in the first place.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Al Brumley
Al Brumley
Dallas Morning News

God-awful script! The people who brought us weepy televangelists with big pink hair now subject us to this.

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01/01/00
E! Online

No review available.

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Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Gives 'Great Tribulation' new meaning.

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01/01/00
Chris Willman
Chris Willman
Entertainment Weekly

The story is dumb. The actors are dumb. Even the special effects are dumb. But not half as dumb as you'll feel if you pay to get in.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.

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01/01/00
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Film.com
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The premise of the story is good, but the execution of that story leaves a lot to be desired.

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01/01/00
Robert Marley
Robert Marley
Filmcritic.com

I see everything.

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10/03/03
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

The Omega Code has some of the funniest bits I've seen in a film in a long time, and they're all due to the shocking incompetence of Van Dien as an actor.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
01/01/00
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

With bad acting, hillarious dialogue, and ludicrous plot turns that make this a future candidate for Mystery Science Theater 3000 mockery, The Omega Code lurches ahead in fits and starts.

Full Review Source: Flint Journal | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Forsmark
David Forsmark
Flint Journal

While The Omega Code is occasionally lacking in the techno-wizardry so common in similar films it makes up for it with a good plot.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Houston Chronicle

With the material for a great parody, the movie's worst sin is that the actors, who shamelessly overact, take it all quite seriously.

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01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

With a better direction, casting and some rewriting, this film could have been a lot better.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Michael Ironside dresses up as a rabbi and…ha…hahaha…excuse me.

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01/01/00
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com

Ploddingly dull.

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01/01/00
Susan Granger
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