Leap A Tale of the Last Days is Finally Available for Streaming!
Christopher Tempel’s third movie in the Leap series, Leap a Tale of the Last Days is now available on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi. It’s been awhile since Mr. Tempel first announced plans for the film way back in 2012. The original concept, entitled Leap Revelation, was to be a sequel to Leap Rise of the Beast, but had to be eventually abandoned. In 2022, Tempel announced his plans for the creation of a new movie to continue the Leap series with a new story line and name.
Now to be called Leap A Tale of the Last Days, the movie suffered several delays including a missed deadline on April 13th, 2025. On a couple of occasions, Mr. Tempel has released updates letting his viewers know when to expect Leap, but now as of July 14, 2025 viewers need wait no longer. Leap A Tale of the Last Days is here. Read our preliminary review down below and or read on for our full review here. Christoper Tempel’s Facebook announcement for Amazon. Facebook Announcement for Tubi
Leap A Tale of the Last Days Full Movie Review
Summary
Despite a Catholic upbringing, Blake Owens had become a complete agnostic by college. During spring break from school, his parents detect that he has fallen from the faith further than ever. One fateful Sunday morning while on a jog, he misses mass and stumbles upon his former girlfriend, Liz Kendall, who introduces him to Bible prophecy concerning the end times. Convinced by her witness, Blake decides to search the Scriptures for himself and finds her words confirmed: the Bible states the truth literally–anything contrary is the doctrine of man. He also realizes that biblical prophecy is being fulfilled before his eyes.
As traditional Catholic believers, his parents, especially his father, do not receive this change well. At his mother’s funeral, tempers flare over Blake’s disrespect of the family and he is disowned. He relocates to a hunting cabin in the mountains and there marries Liz just the plagues befall the wicked.
When God withdraws his Spirit from those who refuse to keep his commandments, the world, now totally given over to evil, falls into chaos. His father, covered in painful sores and with blood for water, seeks revenge upon his son whose radical ideas he believes caused God to punish the world. Blake and Liz hardly escape with their lives and now are on the run through the mountain wilderness. Their only hope is that Jesus will return before they are discovered
Film facts
Director and producer: Christopher Tempel
Starring:
Roman Nuttbrock (Blake Owens)
Melissa Triano (Kate Owens)
McKenna Munden (Liz Kendall)
John Schimmelman (Hank)
Steve Gee (Trevor Owens)
Annalise Cook (News Anchor)
Run Time: 1:24:37
IMdb Rating 4.8 out of 10* | Amazon Prime Rating 3 of 5 | Family Light TV Rating 8 of 10
*Note that this rating is heavily influenced by those of the God Awful Movies podcast, who have spitefully left multiple one-star reviews on IMdb. The honest rating is actually around 7 out of 10.
Reviewing the film
Leap A Tale of the Last Days is a leap in overall film quality compared with the first two Leap movies. Although not up to Hollywood standards, it makes a smaller budget go a long way. Director Christopher Tempel has made marked improvements in the areas of camera work, music, and acting professionality.
Camera quality was sharp with little blurriness in any of the scenes. Most camera angles were well contrived. Aerial shots added variety and showcased the mountain landscape of the film location, but the drone would occasionally pan out a bit too far. The director released a great behind the scenes video explaining how many of the movie’s effects shots were made.
The score was created by Christopher Tempel as well as the film’s six music numbers. Our first impression was that the songs were all made in concert with a single small music group, but it turns out we were only partially right. Tempel did use the same entity to create the songs, but it wasn’t a live artist, it was the Suno AI program. For AI-generated music, it wasn’t bad. The voices sound somewhat automated, but that is fairly common with much contemporary Christian music.
In Leap A Tale of the Last Days, paid actors delivered a significantly better level of realism than in the previous two Leap films. Dialogue sounded quite natural, especially the family dinner scene. Despite the limited cast, Leap avoids giving the impression that the character resources are severely restricted.
The story line works all of the characters in well, but we were a little more critical about the movie’s sudden end. Within about two minutes the main characters went from on the run to raptured into Heaven. In addition the film focuses on only two of the plagues mentioned in Revelation: the plague of boils and the plague of blood/water. It is understandable that some of the catastrophic scenes of high budget movies would be impossible to recreate, so overall, we thought Leap did a fair job as an apocalyptic thriller.
The opening scene of the movie tells viewers “this isn’t the story you’re expecting, but it’s the story you need to hear”. Leap’s eschatology (study and beliefs concerning Christ’s second coming) is different in several ways from that of Tim LaHaye of Left Behind fame.
Two of the major divergences concern the Mark of the Beast and the Rapture. Leap A Tale of the Last Days is told from a Seventh Day Adventist perspective, in which these two concepts are viewed as fundamentally important. Leap presents the Mark of the Beast as the difference between those who accept Sunday as the day to worship as prescribed by the Vatican and those who follow the Bible’s stance on the issue. We are gratified to see a movie take a literal approach to Scripture.
Another difference is in the manner of the Second Coming. The Left Behind series and other similar productions show Christians raptured in “the blink of an eye” and before any of the plagues. Conversely, Leap presents the Rapture as proceeding at least some of the judgments. The movie operates under the principle that “every eye shall see him [Jesus]” and accordingly, the rapture is a readily apparent event.
Unlike the Left Behind series (which proposes that people can still attain salvation during the time of judgment), Leap shows God removing his Spirit from the wicked at this point. Once they have decidedly deserted the way of God, they fall under the control of Satan.
Some other interesting items of note: the dead sleep in their graves prior to the resurrection and cannot see or influence life after they are gone. When Blake’s mom posthumously visits her husband she is presented as a demonic apparition, not the real woman’s spirit. While Left Behind describes the Millennium period as heaven on earth, Leap A Tale of the Last Days shows the Saints in Heaven during this time and the earth as a prison for the devil and the wicked. Lastly, the movie features a somewhat unorthodox marriage which took place between Blake and Liz. The two were wedded unofficially with simple vows and only God as their witness.
Some noticeable CGI was used in Leap A Tale of the Last Days, but not as much as one might think for an apocalyptic thriller. A few of the more apparent CGI scenes were of a hospital converted from a school, all the plane scenes, and the rapture sequence at the end. We thought most of these scenes were fairly realistic except the plane. It was too slow — a common shortcoming of computer graphics.
How Leap A Tale of the Last Days measures up
Leap A Tale of the Last Days was a remarkable improvement over the previous Leap films. Whereas we would classify the other two as amateur productions, Leap A Tale of the Last Days had a professional feel. However, we missed the parkour which added an exiting high-speed dimension to the other titles in the Leap series. However, it retains the same level of suspense in its own chase scenes at the end.
We think its overall quality surpassed that of the Pray Trilogy, another independent Christian series we reviewed. It did not, on the other hand, have the same budget as the two Dave Christiano films we watched: Time Changer and Power of the Air.
Pros and cons of independent films
Independent movies like Leap A Tale of the Last Days challenge what is considered the “politically correct” narrative, a thing major studios cannot afford to do. It is a relief to see Christian themes, instead of the mainstream nonsense that characterizes too many modern films. The drawback to independent movies is lower quality. Without the profuse budget, it can be difficult to produce a professional film. Nevertheless, we think Leap A Tale of the Last Days is an fine example of the quality many independent filmmakers are striving for. It is even more impressive considering Christopher Tempel produced Leap almost single-handedly.
Cautions
Our only concern for this movie is occasional swearing. This makes the movie more real to life, but may make this film inappropriate for families with younger children.
Our Rating
Where to watch Leap A Tale for the Last Days
Currently there are four options to stream Leap A Tale of the Last Days
What Did You Think?
We enjoyed getting to watch the third movie in the Leap series. If you haven’t seen the film yet, we definitely recommend you watch it and share your experience with us in the comments down below. If you’ve watched Leap and/or Leap Rise of the Beast, we’d love to know how you think this third movie compares. If you liked Leap A Tale of the Last Days, make sure to check out more Pyro Studios productions on Instagram | Twitter | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | or email the director at thepyrostudios@gmail.com.
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