Six: The Mark Unleashed
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Six: The Mark Unleashed is a 2004 Christian action-drama film starring Stephen Baldwin
, Kevin Downes
, David A.R. White
, Eric Roberts
, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan
. It was released June 29, 2004, and debuted at #6 On The Christian Booksellers Association Best Sellers List.
Two non-Christian
renegades (Kevin Downes
and David A. R. White) steal a car for a friend who has also refused to bear the mark. They find out when they arrive at his place that he has chosen to mark it, and "feels so much happier". The renegade two are caught by police, and taken to prison.
Tom Newman (Jeffrey Dean Morgan
), a smuggler, is also captured by a police unit, led by his ex-wife, who has taken the mark. He is tortured until he agrees to infiltrate a Christian group in prison in order to kill Elijah Cohen, a Christian leader who remains at large.
Tom and the other two renegades meet in prison, and try to escape.
of MOVIEGUIDE described it as "An entertaining movie and a useful tool for leading people to consider the claims of the Gospel." John Hagee
of Global Evangelism Television, also a conservative Christian, said of the film: “The power of the gospel to transform the lives of the characters is shown with deeply moving reality. So real is the presentation of the plan of salvation in this movie, the viewer will be left without excuse.” Jack Van Impe
, yet another conservative Christian, was quoted as saying: “Both Rexella and I believe this to be the greatest religious release we have ever watched. I know you will be tremendously moved as never before when viewing this Holy Spirit led production.” However, Joel Comm
did not think so highly of the film, saying "In all honesty, Six wasn't bad. It just wasn't good." He went on to say: "I would like to see Christian filmmakers deal more with everyday life issues and explore how a real faith in Christ plays into those issues. The end-times script is a dead horse. Can we stop beating it, please?". The film was received far more negatively by non-Christian film critics and currently has a rating of 2.5 out of 10 on IMDB.
Stephen Baldwin
Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an American actor, director, producer and author. One of the Baldwin brothers, he is known for his roles as William F. Cody in the western show The Young Riders and as Stuart in the movie Threesome...
, Kevin Downes
Kevin Downes
Kevin Downes is an American actor, writer, producer and director. Downes grew up in Visalia, 3 hours north of Los Angeles. Most of the Christian films he participated in were shot there....
, David A.R. White
David A.R. White
David Andrew Roy White, also known as David White, is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. He grew up in a small farming town that was located outside of Dodge City, Kansas. He is a co-founder of Pure Flix Entertainment, a distribution and production company...
, Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor, best known to television and movie audiences as Denny Duquette on Grey's Anatomy, patriarch John Winchester on Supernatural, and as The Comedian in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen....
. It was released June 29, 2004, and debuted at #6 On The Christian Booksellers Association Best Sellers List.
Synopsis
The film is set in the end-times, when the earth has been taken over, and the mark of the Beast - an implant in the right hand or forehead - is being imposed upon the global population (referred to as "the community" in the film). Those who take the mark become part of 'The Community'; those who refuse to bear the mark are imprisoned and, after three weeks, beheaded.Two non-Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
renegades (Kevin Downes
Kevin Downes
Kevin Downes is an American actor, writer, producer and director. Downes grew up in Visalia, 3 hours north of Los Angeles. Most of the Christian films he participated in were shot there....
and David A. R. White) steal a car for a friend who has also refused to bear the mark. They find out when they arrive at his place that he has chosen to mark it, and "feels so much happier". The renegade two are caught by police, and taken to prison.
Tom Newman (Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor, best known to television and movie audiences as Denny Duquette on Grey's Anatomy, patriarch John Winchester on Supernatural, and as The Comedian in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen....
), a smuggler, is also captured by a police unit, led by his ex-wife, who has taken the mark. He is tortured until he agrees to infiltrate a Christian group in prison in order to kill Elijah Cohen, a Christian leader who remains at large.
Tom and the other two renegades meet in prison, and try to escape.
Critical reception
Conservative Christian Ted BaehrTed Baehr
M. Robert E. Theodore Baehr is an American media critic and Chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission, a division of Good News Communications, Inc...
of MOVIEGUIDE described it as "An entertaining movie and a useful tool for leading people to consider the claims of the Gospel." John Hagee
John Hagee
John Charles Hagee is an American founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational charismatic megachurch with more than 19,000 active members...
of Global Evangelism Television, also a conservative Christian, said of the film: “The power of the gospel to transform the lives of the characters is shown with deeply moving reality. So real is the presentation of the plan of salvation in this movie, the viewer will be left without excuse.” Jack Van Impe
Jack Van Impe
Jack Leo Van Impe is a televangelist who is known for his half-hour weekly television series Jack Van Impe Presents, an eschatological commentary on the news of the week through his interpretation of the Bible...
, yet another conservative Christian, was quoted as saying: “Both Rexella and I believe this to be the greatest religious release we have ever watched. I know you will be tremendously moved as never before when viewing this Holy Spirit led production.” However, Joel Comm
Joel Comm
Joel Comm is an American author and Internet marketer. In 2006, he published The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You about Making Money with Adsense, which were New York Times and Business Week bestsellers...
did not think so highly of the film, saying "In all honesty, Six wasn't bad. It just wasn't good." He went on to say: "I would like to see Christian filmmakers deal more with everyday life issues and explore how a real faith in Christ plays into those issues. The end-times script is a dead horse. Can we stop beating it, please?". The film was received far more negatively by non-Christian film critics and currently has a rating of 2.5 out of 10 on IMDB.