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, Tobin Bell, Martin Starr, Fred Durst, and Caryn Green.

Synopsis

Dr. Richard Massey, a noted astrophysicist from

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, returns home after having hunted down the

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that brutally murdered his daughter Lucy in a satanic ritual. The Satanist, a man named Isaiah Haden, is put into prison awaiting trial. Richard Massey is a man of science and does not believe in religion at all. He is bitter at his loss and the general poor state of his life and only wants to see Isaiah Haden face his punishment. Meanwhile, a nun named Josepha Montafiore who is working for the Eklind Foundation, a wealthy traditionalist Catholic organization, visits the bedside of a

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tose girl. The child was struck twice by lightning while crossing a golf course and lives in a vegetative state. However, the girl mumbles Bible verses in Latin and draws cryptic drawings. Josepha believes that this is an act of God and decides to pursue it. The girl's visions lead Josepha to Richard, who joins her on her quest to document and unravel signs of the End of Days. Their journey eventually becomes a race against time to thwart Haden's followers as they try to bring about the Apocalypse, all while hot on the trail of a child who may be able to save them all.

Cast

* Bill Pullman as Dr. Richard Massey * Natascha McElhone as Sister Josepha Montafiore * Michael Massee as Isaiah Haden * Mark Rendall as Henry "Hawk" Webber * Chelsey Coyle as Olivia "Livvie" Beaudrey * Brittney Coyle as Olivia "Livvie" Beaudrey * John Rhys-Davies as Professor Lampley * Orla Brady as Nora Webber *

as Lucy Massey * Tobin Bell as Nathan Volk * Martin Starr as Mark Rubio * Fred Durst as Ogden * Caryn Green as Tulia * Fionnula Flanagan as Mother Francine * Jesper Christensen as Torvald Eklind *

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as Cardinal Laveigh *

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as Asteroth *

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as Dr. Daniel Goran * Davenia McFadden as Sister Delise *

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