gpeltz
Nicely done, Twenty Years After (2008) Directed by Jim Torres, who also co wrote it with Ron Harris. Spoiler ahead, It's a post apocalyptic tale, somewhat picking up the plot from Children of Men (2006) Sarah, played by Azura Skye, is pregnant, her husband was killed. A lone voice, broadcasting from a portable transmitter, is Michael played by Joshua Leonard, Sarah's desire is to have the child born in a "Better Place" than the war torn landscape, Michael and Sarah join a rag tag group, Reg E Cathey plays Samuel, the entertaining mystic. There are a whole slew of other characters, mostly going along for the ride. Some are intent on kidnapping the newborn baby, these are the bad guys, we can tell because they are never filmed with warm colors.I find it odd saying that in this movie, the plot does not matter, it is the impression that is of importance.The gritty last gasps of a world, that might be beyond the ability to clean up it's own act after us humans foul things up, (Shades of Wall-e 2008) The tone is on par with the other apocalyptic film, The Road (2009) By the way, sad to say but all these other films I mention, were all better. One thing I liked, The plot device of using a broadcast, to set the scene for the upcoming action, This was a device used to great effect in the Walter Hill 1979 classic, The Warriors. it works here as well. Another thing I liked, the use of music was effective. not so much a great score, but rather a evocative sound design with an emphasis on acoustic. One could stretch and mention biblical parallels, The woman is Sarah, she is comforted by Samuel who tells her that her child is going to be special. The plot played with the idea, but in the end dropped it for a more broad and less mystical "Special" There are a lot of nice touches throughout the film, by no means a thrill a minute blockbuster. What did I not like, over convoluted plotting, I never did find the "bad guys" back story that interesting. production of cigarettes, or at least of markets to sell tobacco seem to be taken for granted, as well as the availability of gas. and electricity. If you can put these points on the back burner and just enjoy the flow, you might find yourself entertained. Looking at the reader reviews on IMDb. it seems there were many who did not like this movie. They gave it terrible reviews. Not I, I give it Seven out of Ten "True to it's vision", Stars .
corpachbhoy
This is one of the worst movies I've ever watched. I threw the DVD into the bushes outside my hotel room window after watching it so that I never have to be reminded of how I wasted however many minutes it was of my life.To be fair the acting was decent, it's just that the plot was rubbish, the script was diabolical, and the cinematography was average.Whilst I have an idea what the film was about. It made no sense. It was a series of scenes cobbled together. Nothing was explained. Things were alluded to, but who people were, what they were doing, why they were doing them was left open. I appreciate that sometimes, these can be left to the imagination of the viewer, but this film took the mickey in that respect.
txns19671
Should line them all against the wall and have them shot!!!!And then stood up to be shot over again! My goodness it's a wonder i even made it through 10 minutes without killing myself!!! Damn ! I guess people will watch just about anything!!! I wonder if this movie even broke even. The estimated budget is a mill. Probably grossed 40 thousand! ROFL Before watching I suggest that you rip your eyes out of the sockets! And then stick burning hot poker in your ears! It would feel better than watching this crap!!!!! And whats up with the stupid puppet? That dude has got to be a weirdo! "do you know anybody with a hot air balloon?" You do not hear that every day!!! LOL
tizianoscott
This is one of those films I'm glad I took the "risk" and decided to watch no matter how many poor reviews were on this site. I'm learning to be suspicious when a movie'a been rated by as few as 100 people, let alone 22!I love post-apocalyptic movies for how they envision humanity will survive. That's the gist of this film.I've seen a lot of Hollywood movies with tons of effects and absolutely no story; of course "2012" comes to mind. The effects were lots of fun but what a disappointment "story"-wise. Why even waste the money if there's no story?Here is a film with basically no effects that I found very satisfying for the storyline, the acting and interactions between the characters.Parts were nebulous, but that added to the story; it mixed things up a bit.So overall very entertaining and a great use of my time.I recommend it.
