Six - the Mark Unleashed

Religion & Value - on DVD

I recently saw a movie called "Six - The Mark Unleashed." I was first drawn to this movie by the brief description that was written on the back of the DVD cover. It said, "In a world run by a ruthless dictator, three Christian renegades must find a way to survive and uncover the key to mankind's survival." This to me sounded like futuristic army type movie. However, it was a very different type altogether.

The story opened explaining what had happened after many other wars in which we have already had. After BOTH Gulf wars, all THREE world wars, and after the takeover of an evil dictator, the world's population received an implant on their right hand. This implant devise was for identification purposes only; at least that was what the evil dictator told everyone. But actually the devise altered their personality and the result was an obedient, cooperative, and "zombie" type person. The citizens that received the implant had no sickness or worries of any kind. However, the citizens that did not partake in the implementation were branded criminals and put in prisons.

Once in prison these non-compliant people were executed "Six" at a time everyday. The other prisoners were forced to watch the executions, as the guards would kneel them down, under a guillotine, and cut their heads off. The uniqueness of these prisoners was their religion. Most everyone in the prison, awaiting execution, where Christians. One particular man, Luke (played by Stephen Baldwin) was a kind of minister. He would hold bible classes where he would write scriptures on the walls of the cells. One particular verse was from Revelations 20:4. It read, "I saw throne's, and sitting on them where the souls of those been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and to the word of GOD. They had not worshipped the beast or his image and they had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and rained with Christ for a thousand years."

Just in any revolution there is always a revolt. The leader of this revolt was Ehjah. which the director intended the audience to think, was the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The dictator naturally wanted Ehjah dead. With no leader there cannot be a revolution. Why would someone what another person dead just because they do not believe what that someone believes?