Konterr Brilliant and touching

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Shep Smith Having just this second finished watching this movie for the first time, then reading the profusion of negative reviews here, I wanted to add my two cents.The only real problem with Freedom Deep is the baffling description its makers have attached to it. I suppose you could suss out the details if you were looking for them, but without any real dialogue the official synopsis sounds like a far fetched fan theory. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie, though. If you expect a torrent of near-psychedelic images that dances somewhere between Richard Stanley and Pink Floyd's The Wall, you'll be more than pleased. That Aaron Stevenson compares it to the Book of Eli is not only inexplicable, it doesn't do the movie justice.As an aside, the DVD copy I watched had some sound artifacts on it. I don't know if this is in all prints or I just got a bad one. Checking online I found that the soundtrack is by Goya's Child, of whom I'm now a huge fan. So I guess that's a silver lining to bad audio.Anyway, don't believe the wildly harsh reviews. Just know what you're getting into before you pop in an hour long surreal music video while expecting Mad Max.

annette7171 I just stumbled across this movie online and I had to watch it twice to take it all in. I can see how some people wouldn't like it, but I found myself strangely drawn to it and I couldn't turn it off. I remember in Australian film history in the 80's and 90's there was a heap of very meaningful post apocalyptic art type movies, and this is one of them. But it's so much different than all the others. Certainly kept me thinking. The soundtrack drew me in and took me on a journey with the actors to a deep and dark place where our minds dare not go. I've got to say though, you wonder if the writer of this movie may have had a bit of influence from an illegal substance. I would certainly be interested in checking out more of their work.

johnranko Having read the reviews here both positive and negative I would just like to point out that Freedom Deep was a very low budget, independently financed Austrailain feature film shot on 35mm virtually stolen from the producers by 1st Miracle Pictures (Menahem Golan etc) before it was properly finished. Back in 1998 we were young, naive, without legal representation, and seduced by these 'Hollywood Producer/Distributors' who then exploited the film selling it to international DVD and Television markets. We were essentially ripped off, saw no profits or returns and had to wait for the rights to expire to complete the picture the way it was intended. This is being explored in a documentary currently in production.FREEDOM DEEP (Final Directors Version) is completed and will be released in late 2008 on Amazon.com.This version is 50-60% different in content and superior on every other level (aka The Samsara Chronicles). It has now been in production since 1994 and has received positive feedback, encouragement and contribution from a variety of film makers (such as Wim Wenders) that has helped shape its development.www.freedomdeep.com Freedom Deep FDV is not intended to be taken too seriously, it is a piece of pop culture with many references to contemporary cultural icons and broader world issues such as Sept 11, the war on terror etc. The narrative includes visual imagery, music, poetry, and a sense of broad stroke unbiased prophecy to tell what is ultimately a very humanistic and uplifting tale. The audience is invited to think a little and draw their own conclusions from the clues given or they can just sit back enjoy the music and be inspired by the cinematography of Karl von Moller.Aaron Stevenson (21st August 2008) "If a stranger should fall from the sky to the ground, tell me what would he think when he looked around?" Liam 2018.

fwh4728 This is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. I actually watched it all the way through to see if it could get any worse than it was at the beginning. It did! It appears to be 2 separate movies spliced together. The only thing interesting about it was the fact that some, if not all of it, was filmed around Melbourne, Australia, where my son attended Veterinary School. If it weren't for the opportunity to pick out recognizable landmarks, this movie would have been unbearable to watch. It was extremely painful to view anyway. It is difficult to tell if the people who put this movie together were serious in their intentions or were just trying for an oddball campy look. In any event it came out badly.