By framing the movie as the redemption of a believable modern ”sinner,” Tolkin both anticipates and plays off our skepticism about religious faith. Mimi Rogers, in a remarkably accomplished performance, shows us how Sharon’s boredom, her hunger for sex, and her submerged desire for human contact all grow out of the same jaded, desperate spirit. If there’s anything truly canny about The Rapture, it’s the way the movie taps into the restless, addictive nature of contemporary urban existence. Yet these early erotic encounters are also the most dramatically potent episodes in the film. on May 21, 2011, says Camping, who along with his organization, Family Radio, are behind those billboards across the country forecasting the Rapture.
First-time writer-director Michael Tolkin creates a frankly sexy portrait of the swinger lifestyle, one that’s bound to raise hackles among the Jerry Falwell set. The end of the world will be at exactly 6 p.m. She and her lover, a proudly kinky aristocratic slimeball (Patrick Bauchau), cruise the local lounges for couples to swap with. There is so much treachery and wickedness taking place, as 2 Timothy 3:1-8, 12-13 Luke 17:26-30, and. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord.
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually (Genesis 6:5). 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him, and they also. With the help of a dozen experts the documentary The Rapture: The Beginning of the End will explore just what this controversial prophecy contains and what it will mean to mankind. When we first meet Sharon (Mimi Rogers), she’s a Los Angeles telephone operator who hates her job and lives for her after-hours sexual adventures. Sleeping With The Enemy :: By Cynthia Nuara. A world-wide event of Biblical proportions.