Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Mark (2012 film)


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The result was speedy keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Nomination withdrawn with no deletion proposals. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 23:07, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

The Mark (2012 film)

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Fails WP:SIGCOV, WP:NFO and WP:NFSOURCES. I found no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. I did a WP:BEFORE and found nothing suitable or reliable enough to pass WP:NEXIST. The Film Creator (talk) 17:12, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
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 * Comment, found this review . Not sure of the reliablity consensus of the site however. Donald D23   talk to me  23:30, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The review notes: "This movie has a strong faith-based message and points to Christ as mankind’s future and only hope. It should be noted that there are moments of strong violence in the film including people being shot and a couple of characters display very bloody wounds and the blood flows on their clothes and on a man’s hands. A woman is shot too but it is not shown in a graphic manner. There are a lot of fights and punching and kicking and guns held on people as well as a knife. Several people do die. Despite the violent moments there are strong themes of faith so we are awarding our Faith Based Seal to the movie with a caution for violence."  The review notes: "The Mark is an action packed thriller. The characters are poorly developed, but the production design is very good, giving it a realistic feel that makes it quite suspenseful. It has a strong Christian worldview about forgiveness, redemption and following God’s plan for our life. There are scenes of both prayer and conversion. There is some action violence with shooting and some blood, so a light caution is recommended."  The review notes: "Und das kann man so auch Alles locker auf,,The Mark" übertragen. Zwar fängt der Film von James Chankin, sogar noch halbwegs subtil, als überaus billiger Allein-gegen-Alle-Actioner a la,, Passagier 57" an, doch schon, wenn im dystopischen Vorspann von Christen in Gefahr gequatscht wird und wenn eine Reporterin die Bibel ins Spiel bringt, dürfte beim minderbemitteltsten Videothekengänger das erste Stirnrunzeln auftreten. Und da hat man gerade die ersten 10 Minuten hinter sich gebracht! Doch keine Sorge, die Gespräche über Gott, Christentum und die Bibel zu den unpassendsten Augenblicken nähmen im Laufe des Films inflationär zu, und schaffen es dann auch in regelmäßigen Abständen, die ohnehin seltsam anmutende Handlung. nicht nur in Lächerliche zu ziehen, sondern auch noch gehörig auszubremsen. Aber das ist ohnehin nicht so schlimm, wie Das, was in der Mitte folgt. Denn spätestens, wenn in der Mitte die Entrückung kommt und auf ..." From Google Translate: "And all of that can easily be transferred to "The Mark". James Chankin's film starts out, even somewhat subtly, as an extremely cheap solo-against-all actioner a la "Passenger 57", but it does, when the dystopian opening credits talk about Christians in danger and when a reporter brings the Bible into play, the first thing the least wealthy video store visitor is likely to do is frown. And you've just finished the first 10 minutes! But don't worry, the conversations about God, Christianity and the Bible at the most inappropriate moments increase exponentially over the course of the film, and then at regular intervals they create the already strange plot. Not only to make people look ridiculous, but also to really slow them down. But that's not as bad as what follows in the middle anyway. Because at the latest when the rapture comes in the middle and..."  The review notes: "The Mark 2012. So the world is on the verge of economic collapse and ex-soldier Chad Turner is the unexpected guinea pig who's implanted with a biometric chip that's supposed to be explained at the G-20 summit. Naturally, there are bad guys who want the chip and they hijack the plane Chad is on, fighting and stuff follows. Pretty reporter Dao says the chip is evil because there are strange faith-based elements mixed in with the action, but the plot doesn't make that much sense anyway. 98m/C; DVD. Craig Sheffer; Eric Roberts; Gary Daniels; Ivan Kamaras; Sonia Couling; D: James Chankin W: Leland Jourdan; C: Wych Kaos; M: Edwin Wendler." There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow The Mark to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 11:28, 20 October 2023 (UTC) </ul>

I withdraw per Cunard’s contribution. The Film Creator (talk) 15:35, 20 October 2023 (UTC)


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