Jonathan Paula 📸’s review published on Letterboxd:
This might be Nicolas Cage's worst film... and that's saying something.
A poorly conceived, drawn out shitfest that attempts to masquerade its religious grandstanding as some sort of aviation action thriller. It's bad enough this was released mere months after far superior apocalypse-related films, "This Is The End" and "Rapture-Palooza"... but everything here is a played out cliche, or predictable stereotype.
Eye-rolling dialogue and iMovie quality visual effects don't help anything either. When millions of faithful believers vanish in an instant, the individuals "left behind" exhibit ridiculous stupidity, remaining incredulous at reasonable explanations, yet simultaneously baffled at the obvious cause of the event. Seriously... the word "rapture" is never uttered once in this boring, 110-minute excuse of a film. The fact that it saw theatrical release is a mockery of cinema.
When the disposable sexy blonde anxiously asks Cage if he's scared, his macho response is a laughable, "I will be. As soon as I have time." Why anyone thought dumping $16 million into an uninspired reboot of an already awful Kirk Cameron Christian after-school-special was a good idea is beyond comprehension.
This movie isn't just terrible, it's insulting to the very religion it's attempting to demonstrate the virtues of. Its ineptitude is compounded when you consider the budget and individuals involved... there's really no excuse this had to be made. "Left Behind" is a dreadfully cringe-worthy and painful experience... and a GARBAGE film.