If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Blistering performances.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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 .

worst movie ever. it was so bad i just can't get over it. the story line made no sense, 10,000 lose ends and horrible script writing. just awful. don't waste your time watching it. seriously i sat there for 95 minutes on netflix watching this movie and was totally dumbfounded by the awfulness of it! like what was with the Dr. guy? like what was the point of him? he had no purpose. the fight scenes were so bad i laughed (and i don't do gore at all) the one bad lady doesn't seem to have any motive for her actions and she is just a waste of time. this story line seemed really promising and they could have done so much awesome with it. but they wasted it and just butcher it... -1/10... just unforgivably bad.

The plot: A DJ, a pregnant woman, and some others try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.I don't know. I tried to give this film a chance. I saw all the negative reviews, and I thought to myself, "Maybe I'll like it. I don't mind slow pacing or low budgets, and I often like existential dramas." However, this was just too much to take. For vast stretches of time, nothing happens except people talking cryptically about stuff I really didn't care about. The music really annoyed me, but I figured they would move on from playing this horrible country music, eventually -- but, no, it just kept going on and on. I glanced at my screen and saw there was still another 30 minutes left. I admit it. I bailed. I couldn't take it any more. No more pointless dialogue about mystical crap, detestable music, or boring characters.The plot is a ripoff of Children of Men, the actors are from TV shows, and the music will annoy anyone under 60. I really don't know who this film was made for, but it wasn't made for people like me. I guess it's meant to be an uplifting story about plucky survivors and their metaphysical journey to rediscover America, which has been blah blah blah. Who cares? I sure don't. It takes the worst of New Age hippies and low budget, B movies, throws them together, and mixes in a bunch of country music. Ugh. Truthfully, I would have preferred yet another mindless ripoff of Mad Max than this.

I like post-apocalyptic fiction so I thought this movie would be at least marginally entertaining. Things start well but the arrival of the jolly jester was when the alarm bells started ringing for me. All of a sudden the whole story turns limper than a puppets handshake and the violin rises to an annoying pitch and stays there till the credits.My main problem with this film is that while it presents you with some interesting imagery the story has all the depth and meaning of a dirty fart. I still can't get over that pathetic jester-doctor character, was that supposed to be heart warming? Were we supposed to be spellbound by his juggling, unexplained magical antics and wise words? Because I wasn't, I was just irritated to realise that the guy who designed the cover for this movie had more imagination than the people making it.Also, and this is a cheap shot, that woman with the ginger hair (Diane Salinger) looks like The Predator with his helmet off.