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 .

vanderwoude330 I had high hopes for this movie, but was very disappointed. I am a huge post-apocalypse fan, but this movie did not hold it's own. I like movies where there are zombie or where people work together as a community to survive, but this movie had almost no plot. All that happened throughout the movie was she had a baby (which she could have had anywhere) and the guy on the radio got a better signal. There was no real point to the whole thing. Many of the characters were poorly introduced to the movie as well and there were random quick scenes that did not have much to do with what was going on. The only thing I liked about the movie was Samuel and that David and his large sidekick killed the woman at the end. I also thought it funny how the cover of this movie is misleading. It gave me the impression that Sara might do some fighting, seeing as there is a gun on her back on the cover. She never picked up a weapon the entire movie. Overall I thought this was a bad movie and would not recommend watching it.

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

mcshoe I actually enjoy B movies, so I didn't have any expectations. I was still disappointed. This movie was tragic. The idea was cool, but really poorly executed. Terrible acting, random stereotypical static black character, typical "i miss the good old days" protagonist. Btw, babies do not come out looking like that(incredibly clean), and I cannot watch another scene where the woman goes howling into labor like she's being crucified. Sad, sad movie. The whole radio man with the semi- husky voice preaching disillusioned philosophy to an audience he's not sure exists has BEEN DONE. Why do people feel the need to repeat old Stephen King movies? This was like The Stand but with nuclear weapons and sad acting. Still the same semi-racist hokey black character though. Mother and daughter don't look anything alike. For no-nonsense survivalists, the mother had the most outlandishly impractical hair I've ever seen.