This was re-released in 2012 under the title Devil's Angel. produced by Fortaleza Filmwork and distributed by Warner Brothers.Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only) Rated: R (Restricted) Studio: Maverick Entertainment Group DVD Release Date: November 13, 2012 Run Time: 86 minutesPlot: Kimberly is the mother of the world's first successful human clone, a son named David. Seven years after his birth the Earth is plagued with war, famine, and natural disasters that seem to be emanating from the young boy himself.Review: After illegally implanting herself so she can have a baby, a woman pays for it later along with everyone else as the future deteriorates in the US. There is a connection between this and her young son, shown later at age 7, but you can guess what it is from the DVD cover. Creepy, and eerily shot with 35mm and some deliberate lack of focus.

If it were only the mangled science and the poorly crafted ending, I would rate this movie higher. I found it on Hulu listed as Horror, but that doesn't do it justice. The movie is a horror on so many levels. Other reviewers have noted the scientific issues, along with the less-than-stellar production values, so I won't repeat those criticisms here. My primary concern is the bad theology on which the film is based. Theologically, the film fails. The early scenes in the military compound/lab are obviously anti-abortion, and the idea that women could be forced to participate in the experiment because they are undocumented immigrants reeks of a cross between Nazism and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. There is also a strong tendency toward the judgmental, punishing God of Pat Robertson and his ilk, and very little by way of the God who loved the world so much as to send Jesus to save it.

The film begins very soft and clean with a female hero who is willing to sacrifice anything to achieve her dream of being a mother while ironically being a fertility specialist. The first part of the film is quite typical, very smooth and simple with good looking people in good looking apartments with nice jobs, cars and all thing things you'd expect from a rom-com, but not funny. But then, once our hero makes a fatal mis-step, the world is thrown in to chaos.A crude graphic comes on screen and we're suddenly pushed "Seven years later," and we jump from sitcom to disaster film. The jump is huge and might throw some viewers off track, but after seeing the film for a second time (and the benefit of research), it is clear now what Juares and Schneider set out to do. The problem is that the film doesn't telegraph it with "Hey, this is a movie based on Revelations," and the sudden theological references require some thinking form the audience that wasn't asked of them in the first act. The break in the film makes it feel like two separate films and based on how deliberate the filmmakers were in setting it all up, is clearly intentional and with purpose. I found myself, the first time I viewed the film, having to quickly readjusted my expectations and get in to the world that was suddenly dropped on top of me.The picture then follows, quite carefully, the theological breakdown of the world as told in the Book of Revelations (or the "Apocalypse" for you Catholic folks). Sores start appearing on some characters, not all, which seem to represent the "mark of the Devil," the Rapture is easily identified in a sort of "Left Behind" treatment of the phenomenon, and despite the last two thirds of the film playing out in confined rooms no larger than your typical 2-car garage, it's engaging. The film is a bit overwrought with symbolism and metaphors that will just fly over the head of the average movie-goer, but that's right in line with the Book of Revelations itself which features purple-headed dragons and whores of Babylon (by the way it's also quite obvious that the USA = Babylon in the film which I found particularity well done).Overall this film is about arrogance and the consequences of doing what you know you shouldn't no matter how bad you want it. Seems simple enough, right? There are only a few signs of "low-budget" film-making during the entire 90 minute show, but nothing that stands out as ridiculous or absurd with exception to a scene where a doctor listens to "Ave Maria" while cutting up one of his creations with an Exacto blade. Overall the piece was well constructed and the filmmakers certainly shot for the moon in their first efforts to make a splash. The skills of the film making team are clearly substantial and they should get a pat on the back for trying to do something so large and complex the first time out.

I recently was invited to an early, private screening of this film by a friend of one of the film makers.I was going to give my opinion of the film, which I thought I had already formulated based on the synopsis; not my taste.The second coming of Christ... through cloning... too far fetched for my blood. That was the opinion that I was building up. I was considering how to voice my opinion, should a Q and A arise. I was prepared.I was wrong.This film is very impressive. Director Vaughn Juares has knocked on out of the park.More impressive than the film is that Vaughn and his wife Bridget McGrath shot this film over the course of 2 years for almost no money. I was blown away when I heard this.This film looks like a Hollywood movie. It sounds like a Hollywood movie. The actors, though nameless, act like Hollywood actors.Don't Hollywood movies cost millions of dollars? This story is very thoughtful and gritty-real. It could happen. For Christ's sake I hope not, though. Vaughn Juares and his writing partner, Joseph Schneider, have proved they know how to tell a story worth the inflated price of a movie ticket.The rumor is that Man Made will film next spring. Watch it as soon as you get a chance.