The Madhouse is an ongoing look at the various mockbusters and rip-offs from The Asylum and it’s sub brand Faith Films.
Armageddon movies have an annoying habit of exclusively featuring characters that have never heard of the Christian version of the end of the world or even seen one of the many movies on the subject. I suppose they all take place in an alternate world where we don’t have people claiming dates for the rapture. It’s similar to the biggest problem religious movies have: the characters have somehow avoided hearing even the most basic of tenants of some of the most prolific religions.
Countdown: Jerusalem is from The Asylum’s Faith Films sub brand, which is just like The Asylum, but it attempts to pander to the religious. I say attempt because they rarely get even the basics of Christianity into the movie they’re attempting to bill as Christian. I’m not sure if they’re keeping it vague to appeal to all denominations of Christianity or so they don’t have to go through the trouble of checking Wikipedia.
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