20 Years After = Poor Man’s Children of Men

The day after turkey day – man oh man, am I still full from yesterday!  I’ll write about that a little bit later, this post is about a movie I just finished watching.

I’ve had 20 Years After laying around for a while now, and since I’ve been enjoying Fallout 3 so much, I thought why not a little post-apocalyptic movie watching.  So, it was either this or Vanguard, so into the DVD player 20 Years After went… now I’m wishing I hadn’t bothered.

It would be unfair to call 20 Years After an awful movie, it’s just that it really didn’t have much to say.  The basic gist of it went a little something like this – people at point “a” want to travel to point “b”, along the way, they encounter other people who have their own goals, some of which involve the travelers.  The viewer learns more about the characters via “back-stories” that reveals how intertwined their lives are and ultimately there is a climax of sorts.

So, pretty basic in terms of story framework for this movie.  The “back-stories”, sadly, were just not very interesting.  There wasn’t a single character I could get behind or root for.

Production value was pretty poor, acting not much better.  Although I would say that the score, of all things, is the highlight of the movie.  It felt bleak, ominous, and alone managed to embody the tone that the movie failed to achieve.

If you haven’t seen Children of Men, do so.  If you have, there’s not much need to see this.  Yeah, that pretty much sums it up;)

2 shibbas out of 5 shabbas