Revelation: Dawn of Global Government (2016) Reviews

• Presentation FAIL

  thegadgetdoc2016-04-17

  While I understand the intended argument made by this documentary, I must say it is truly the most poorly edited film that I have ever watched on a big screen. Frequently cutting from clip to clip of different, even in mid-sentence, leads to a continual feeling of mental discomfort. I've never seen a movie that actually gave me a headache, but in effect that's what it did. I don't understand why it would be pieced together this way. For most people who watch it, it will seem like someone is trying to edit film to make an argument that they couldn't except by putting words in peoples mouths. Although I don't think that's what was happening, it's how the average person with no background in these topics WILL perceive it. Was this really some kind of experiment in avant-garde film or was it supposed to be some kind of weird deconstruction of anti-new world order beliefs? That's the only thing I can think of regarding how it played out, but that is probably false because it sounds too much like what a critic would say about a horrible film that only they would love. It saddens me because I see how it could have been edited in a different way and it would have made a stronger argument instead of weakening the case that it was trying to build. Watching this could forever sway someone not to consider any of the point of views that are offered. This isn't how you build interest with an audience. Despite all of that, there are lots of interesting viewpoints expressed. There were even a couple of really funny moments. I just can't understand why good material got wasted at so many different points in the editing process. I would fix it and re- release it on DVD to try recouping some of the money spent on it.

• Editing style killed this documentary

  dekeriversfb2016-12-05

  I watched this film the other night... or at least I tried to watch it. Understand, I am the target audience for this film... I'm aware of every issue that was brought up and discussed. However, the film itself was just awful... or to be more specific, the EDITING of this film was just awful. Imagine if you took the solid, rational, complete interviews of your guests, diced them up into five and 10 second clips, shuffled them like a deck of cards, and then played them in that random order. After 15 minutes I was ready to stop watching... but I kept up. After 50 minutes, I had had enough with it, and just left it play in the background. A completely ruined documentary/movie, all because of the editing. If someone could take all of the pieces and reassemble them so that I can watch the actual interviews without having someone else's interview interwoven into it, then I could re-rate the movie to a higher number. I can not recommend it, even though the information provided is important and needs to be shared. The editing just ruined this movie.

• Amateur hour

  jungophile2016-04-17

  Just to be forthright about my political position, I agree that yes, a New World Order of a global nature is being sought by a moneyed elite, but I do not agree as the filmmakers do that faith in Christianity, conservatism, and restoring the Constitution are the answers to this encroachment of tyranny and slavery. In my view, a world with no rulers or masters, anarchy by its root definition, is the answer, as the Constitution has been subverted for over a century (as the film even points out). Let's not forget, too, that Jesus was, at bottom, an anarchist. If you're a true Christian (I'm not, but I respect people who choose this path), you're an anarchist, not statist reformers as most of the talking heads in this film ironically seem to be. If the filmmakers genuinely believe that restoring the Constitution is the answer, why don't they even mention Article 5 which is about calling for a Constitutional convention? Obviously they can't because Alex Jones is in the film, and he's on record for being against it. So they trot out Charlie Daniels to spout cornball catch phrases, and occasional scenes with a second rate George Washington who can't even muster a passable Virginia dialect. The photography is OK, and the sound mix is above average, but it's all talking heads with fast editing cuts to keep it from getting too boring, which it still is. They should have cut at least 15 minutes from this turkey; it was interminably long and a lot of the interviews are of negligible value (Debra Medina? C'mon, who outside of Texas knows who SHE is?). I learned about this film showing in my neighborhood via an Oath Keepers email blast, and I think it is ironic that Stewart Rhodes, the founder of Oath Keepers and much more of a can-do heavy weight than at least half the people giving interviews here, only got two segments at about seven or eight seconds each. I guess the filmmakers snuck him in at the last second for the extra free advertising that the Oath Keepers mailing list would provide. In brief, this film has its heart in the right place, but it's amateur hour all around. "Revelation: Dawn of Global Governance" will likely do very little to rouse people from their slumber. So-called patriots will feel good about watching it, maybe snatching a moment of quiescence or two while doing so, as they subsequently return to being slaves and obedient order-followers.

• A wake-up-call with style that matches substance

  susanmarx-075342017-01-24

  While some reviewers have given lower box scores owing to the jarring editing style - that very element is part of the genius of this film. Writer/director Chuck Untersee knew exactly what he was doing when he put this project together. No ordinary, linear story line would suffice. And mere non-linear structure is way too pedestrian. Revelation's explosive material demands a ragged edge. This is not a laid-back, feel-good documentary designed to merely present facts and build a case. It sounds a piercingly urgent alarm and calls us, as patriots, to stand up to protect the freedoms that are being dismantled, piece-by-piece, in favor of a globalist agenda. The end of America as we have known it has been under attack for more than a century. Now we are at the 11th hour. Ever heard of Agenda 21? How about the U.N. Small Arms Declaration? You must watch this film with an alert mind. The opening V.O. quote from the late President John F. Kennedy sets the tone. "We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence and we are, as a people, inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, secret oaths and secret proceedings." (JFK) From here, the film weaves together a complex web of events and back-walks us through key moments in history and the heroic, on-going fight to release the strangle-hold that threatens our republic. I would have preferred a more solution-oriented ending. But maybe that would've only served to lull the audience back into complacency. As a professional Hollywood story analyst, I highly recommend it.

• Comprehensive summary of the true condition of our Republic

  sootsme2016-12-26

  This film uses a compelling mixture of historical vignettes and no holds barred exposure and analysis provided by present day patriots in the struggle to retain our Liberty. In this case, the patriots are fighting for all humanity as well as for America. This is much bigger than politics, race or religion; it is about whether or not there will continue to be any personal Liberty remaining anywhere on our planet. There are plenty of examples of the incremental chipping away of all aspects of our freedom through the use of fiat money, history revision, incomplete and perverted education, media manipulation, artificial divisions created between people, etc. Also addressed is the use of constant crises and threats of assorted disaster that supposedly only our "betters" can solve with more taxes and more laws. (How's that working out so far?) Bottom line: once this pill is swallowed, there is no going back. A scary, hard look at present day America that challenges each of us to acknowledge the facts and encourages each of us to act, going forward, in a manner that honors those who have paid so dearly for all that we love about America. Please watch this, then choose your camp...