Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

2013 1h 28m EN

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4.8

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★4.8TMDB · 29

ActionDramaThrillerHorror

Synopsis

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Josh McManus, a traveling salesman with a cloudy past, finds himself in a dusty West Texas town at the wrong time. After a crippling series of earthquakes throws the entire world into chaos, a traveling salesman will have to fight his way through a vicious outlaw biker gang known as the Barbarians to get home to his family.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Where to watch · US

Cast

David A.R. White
Josh McManus
Ray Wise
Frank
Brian Bosworth
Hawg
Eric Roberts
Sheriff Jensen
Andrea Logan White
Cat
Jen Lilley
Rachel McManus
Michael John Lane
Crazy Jack
Carey Scott
Deputy Cooper

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gabriel Sabloff
Writers: Sean Paul Murphy, Gabriel Sabloff
Languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Revelation Road Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gabriel Sabloff, shot by Darren Rydstrom. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Will Musser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Gabriel Sabloff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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David A.R. White and Ray Wise and Brian Bosworth carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gabriel Sabloff directs. Darren Rydstrom behind the camera. Will Musser scores. Gabriel Sabloff cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
4Part of the "Revelation Road Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Gabriel Sabloff, shot by Darren Rydstrom. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Will Musser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Gabriel Sabloff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8David A.R. White and Ray Wise and Brian Bosworth carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt2412746 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Darren Rydstrom
Original score: Will Musser
Editing: Gabriel Sabloff
Production design: Susannah Lowber
Costume design: Catherine Elhoffer
Makeup / hair: Victoria Boothroyd
Sound: Greg Miller
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)

Part of

Revelation Road Collection

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End is a 2013 American Christian action film directed by Gabriel Sabloff. A sequel, Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire was released the same year and Revelation Road: The Black Rider in 2014.

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clyde e collins2015-03-24
★ 6/10
Fundamentals, reception. 1. American live action feature length film, 2013, NR, 88 minutes, drama, action, thriller. 2. IMDB: 4.5/10.0 from 1,003 audience ratings. 3. Rotten Tomatoes: 'No reviews yet,' and 'No score yet.' 4. Netflix: 3.6/5.0 from 229,395 audience ratings. 5. Directed by: Gabriel Sabloff. 6. Starring: David A. R. White as Josh McManus, Brian Bosworth as Hawg, Eric Roberts as Sheriff Jensen, Jen Lilly as Rachel McManus, Ray Wise as Frank, Logan White as Cat. Setup and Plot 1. Josh drives through the desert to his next sales opportunity before he returns home. He is rear-ended by some hold-up artists. A gang, The Barbarians, drops by and inadvertently helps him get free. Josh continues to Frank's hardware store, where he tries to sell some body armour. Frank feels Josh out about his core values, as it were. A contingent of Barbarians bursts in and starts a strong arm robbery. Josh's skills kick in. He kills three of the Barbarians, beats up some of the others, and sends the survivors packing. 2. Hawg, the leader of the Barbarians, has a couple of his more cleaver members reconnoiter. They scope out Frank's home, and the motel where Josh is staying. Hawg makes plans to strike back against those who killed some of this crew. 3. Hawg does indeed invade Frank's home. Frank and his wife fight back to some degree, but the gang disarms them. In parallel, Josh tries to help out a prostitute who has been beaten up by her, ah, employer. That does not go so well. 4. All this gets interrupted by a long depiction of the Rapture, which is much better done than in The Mark. I did not say it was great, just better than in The Mark. 5. The film sets up for part 2 after that. Conclusions 1. One line summary: Depicts the beginning of the Christian apocalypse. 2. Three stars of five Scores 1. Cinematography: 10/10 Beautiful; skillfully done. 2. Sound: 9/10 No particular problems. 3. Acting: 7/10 Ray Wise was professional as always; David White was better than competent; Brian Bosworth was better than I expected him to be. Eric Roberts was fairly good in the small role as the Sheriff. I also liked Logan White as Cat. 4. Screenplay: 5/10 The injection of Christian doctrine seems forced most of the time, but is much better done than The Mark, for instance. On the other hand, minus the doctrine, the film is short on story, and it is spread over 88 minutes.

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