20 Years After (2008)

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

I've read a lot of the reviews for this movie and I believe it has been judged a little too harshly.There are far worse movies out there than this but hey,that's other reviewers opinions and I respect that.This is yet another low budget,after the apocalypse effort that for a change actually has actors that act and not just turn up for the pay cheque.As the title suggests,this is set 20 years after the apocalypse,that had forced people to live underground in basements,bunkers and caves.Now,in a slowly recovering world,people are venturing up and outwards in an effort to continue civilisation. We have the seemingly obligatory,(for movies of this type) "radio" man Joshua,playing music and messages from his bunker,to anybody left in the world with equipment to hear him. We have pregnant Sarah,who's husband was killed 6 months before,with her mother Margaret,surviving in an abandoned basement,until the homes real owner Samuel arrives on the scene and convinces them to venture forth to find or start a better life. And we have the also obligatory bad guys,this time searching for the as yet unborn baby.So what was it that let this movie down?It certainly wasn't the acting.Whilst not overly convincing,everyone plays their part reasonably well and special mention should go to Reg E. Cathey as Samuel as a stand out (though he doesn't get enough screen time here). Some of the bad guys/henchmen were a bit naff but nothing awful. Even the minimal action scenes were done reasonably well.What lets this one down is the fact that so much that happens doesn't make a lot of sense.No explanation is made as to why the bad guys want the baby. One of the bad guys is actually pregnant Sarah's brother.He has no idea the baby he is searching for is his sisters.Why?No back story or explanation is given. Apparently Sarah is THE only pregnant woman left despite the fact there are plenty of seemingly healthy men and women left.Why?There were many head scratching moments......However,this was for me still a watchable movie despite it's flaws and I remained reasonably entertained until the end.So to quote a many repeated IMDb phrase from so many reviews......Not the best,but very far from being the worst.

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.

I got this out of redbox - not knowing what to expect, go to redbox's site and look up the movie. The cover is totally different than what the movie ends up being about. There are no wolves or half naked, fully loaded women.However I was caught and couldn't look away from the story and the characters that came into view. Yes there were some sci-fi bits that didn't make sense but in a setting of such, why not. Plus unexplained mysticism is as it should be.I guess what it comes down to, I liked the story and the characters in it. I have seen plenty of high budget movies that were downright boring and had no meaning other then flash bang boom. I like movies that bring some good storytelling and allow one to think about some of the unknowns. Its like when you read a good book and the ideal and the story stays with your for a while. In a way it reminds me of how evil dead started. Low budget by just a few ppl.Each to there own. I suggest you give it a try !!

This movie is only any good if you like horrible movies.Nothing made sense. And when I say nothing, I mean: nothing. I don't think I've ever asked the question "What?" so many times in the span of a couple hours.The music never seemed to match the scene. The dummy was completely unnecessary. The acting was horrendous. Azura's character was not okay with having her baby in a cave (w/fresh spring water) but was perfectly fine with giving birth in an abandoned building. My biggest problem is with the baby crazed woman. She gives birth to a less than perfect baby (large birth marks and mentally handicapped) and is extremely bitter about it, so much so that she's abusive towards him.