Revelations tv program

Set just before the start of the Armageddon, the series follows two central characters, a physicist and a nun in a race against time to see if the end of the world can be averted. Bill Pullman plays the role of Dr. Richard Massey, a Harvard physics professor and father mourning the death of his daughter, who was murdered by an evil satanist with seemingly supernatural abilities.

Natascha McElhone stars as a nun who appeals to Massey to help her investigate whether the apocalyptic prophecy from the Book of Revelations is starting to come true. Omnium finis imminet. The end is here.

Fantasy Drama Mystery Thriller. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia A freeze frame of the articles that Dr. Massey looks up about Sister Josepha online reveal the following things about her: 1. Her younger sister's name was Denise.

They were abandoned as infants, 3. Her sister Denise joined the following of a self-proclaimed messiah, and committed suicide along with the rest of the cult. Goofs Before the prison riot the cons are using mirrors to look outside of their cells. When one of them looks at the clock through the mirror, the image is not reversed as it should be. Quotes Sister Josepha Montefiore : "Father, why hast thou forsaken me? User reviews 37 Review.

Top review. It's the End of the World The series, produced by Omen maker David Seltzer is relatively well done, with the likable Bill Pullman playing a scientist whose daughter has been kidnapped and murdered by a Satanist who excised her heart in a ritual sacrifice. Pullman goes to Chile and helps capture the fiend, and later is confronted by a Nun the other-worldly Natasha McElhone — the wife in Solaris whose sister has died in an apocalyptic cult in Africa, and who drags him to the bedside of a young brain dead Florida girl who was hit by lightning.

Of course, this girl is talking.. Evil secular doctors are eager to harvest her organs while the Sister's foundation staves them off doctors love to pull the plug on speaking patients. The girl draws a stick figure with ancient writing that is the same as Pullman's daughter used to. The parallels with the Florida Schiavo allow-to-die circus are probably coincidental, but jarring. Signs abound: a shadow of Jesus on the cross on a Mexican cliff, a lone child pulled from floating wreckage of a Greek ferry, the Satanist chopping his finger off without bleeding.

I personally love these apocalyptic movies, but feel this is in so many ways a sop to the religious right, whose penetration into government is alarming. It feeds the creationist fervor, the cheap exploitive political acts behind the Schiavo carnival of fools.

At the first meeting the Sister wisely advises the dubious Pullman to start contributing to religion. This sends Pullman on a quest for the Answers, being dragged kicking and screaming towards the Truth, like Gregory Peck so long ago in The Omen actually saw that world premiere in LA.

Portentous Bible quotes start each section. When the girl dies, Pullman holds her hand, and she.. Personally I don't think we should rush this apocalypse business- some nightmare virus may make it real for hundreds of millions soon enough. Not as intense as I thought, but then NBC isn't cable. Rating: 6 out of Details Edit. Release date April 13, United States. United States. NBC United States. Other characters include creepy housekeeper Mary, Jessica's cousin; Gabriel, Jessica's gay son; Mark, her randy son-in-law; and Charlotte, her promiscuous daughter.

The second series is by far the best, every episode well-paced and tense. Unfortunately, it was usually shown at times revolving around midnight. Add content advisory. User reviews 1 Review.

Top review. One of TV's Lost Gems. Revelations was a fabulous 'soap' that deserves to be far better known, , covering material that maybe appears on other soap operas, but with a style and verve they usually completely lack. Running the gamut of covert incest, homosexuality, sibling rivalry, infidelity, illegitimate children, drugs, revenge and murder it resembled nothing more than a Jacobean drama disguised as a late-night soap.

I've never seen a TV drama quite like it before or since. It was also remarkably well cast with fabulous performances from all the leads, but particularly from Stephen Mapes as a wonderfully fragile, over-cosetted and very sexy Gabriel. I've never understood why he hasn't achieved more fame as an actor. I enjoy very little TV - it's not my entertainment of choice - but this was a stand-out for me along with Dangerous Lady - another underrated masterpiece.

If you like dark stories with sub-rosa story lines about repressed and hidden feelings you'll love this. Someone needs to issue this on DVD and get it the recognition it deserves.

A true cult classic in waiting. Details Edit. Release date October 6, United Kingdom. United Kingdom. Carlton Television. Technical specs Edit. Color Color. Related news. Mar 8 Indiewire. Sep 16 Den of Geek. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap.