{"id":38314,"date":"2025-02-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38314"},"modified":"2025-02-09T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T22:52:56","slug":"king-of-the-apocalypse-2025-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38314","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;King of the Apocalypse&#8221; (2025) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z021225zview_kingoftheapocalypse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>King of the Apocalypse <\/i>(2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>Daniel Vernon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0 <i>PATRIOT.\u00a0 ENEMY.\u00a0 DAD.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dakota Adams is the son of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In <em>King of the Apocalypse<\/em> we are told the story, through his son&#8217;s eyes, of how Stewart Rhodes, a vet and Yale graduate became more and more obsessed with the idea of a coming apocalypse.\u00a0 Rhodes trained his children in military and survival tactics.\u00a0 In 2009, Rhodes started the Oath Keepers.\u00a0 The organization took off and membership increased dramatically across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Rhodes popularity and the Oath Keepers membership continued to grow, Rhodes&#8217; mental stability diminished.\u00a0 His children and wife began to fear for their lives.\u00a0 They ultimately fled the house, giving Rhodes no notice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the 2020 election, Rhodes was an outspoken critic, claiming the Presidency was stolen.\u00a0 He spoke about the need to prepare for a bloody war.\u00a0 On January 6, 2021, Rhodes was at the US Capitol directing members and entering restricted areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for his actions on January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol.\u00a0 Rhodes was recently pardoned by President Trump and is now a free man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was interested in how Stewart Rhodes became obsessed with a coming apocalypse, his journey to becoming the founder\/leader of the Oath Keepers and his thoughts after spending time in prison for his actions on January 6th.\u00a0 <em>King of the Apocalypse<\/em> presents the tale of a man whose obsessions increase to the point that his wife and children flee for their lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s not a pretty story.\u00a0 My nit to pick is that the story is one-sided.\u00a0 I wonder how Rhodes would respond to his families&#8217; allegations.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not that I believe Rhodes could justify his actions, but it would be interesting to hear where his mind was\/is at.\u00a0 Also, if we could have heard from police, prosecutors or even some of his followers, it would have presented a more rounded documentary.\u00a0 Of course, this is Dakota&#8217;s story and none of those things are needed to tell it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><em><i>King of the Apocalypse <\/i>(2025) <\/em><\/strong>rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z021225zview_kingoftheapocalypse2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King of the Apocalypse (2025) Director:\u00a0 Daniel Vernon Tagline:\u00a0 PATRIOT.\u00a0 ENEMY.\u00a0 DAD. 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