Rent Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
3.1 of 5 from 109 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
- Tomorrow, When The War Began follows the journey of eight high school friends in a remote country town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by a war that no one saw coming. Cut off from their families and their friends, these eight extraordinary teenagers must learn to escape, survive and fight back against a hostile military force.
- Actors:
- Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis, Deniz Akdeniz, Phoebe Tonkin, Chris Pang, Ashleigh Cummings, Andrew Ryan, Colin Friels, Don Halbert, Olivia Pigeot, Stephen Bourke, Kelly Butler, Julia Yon, Dane Carson, Matthew Dale, Gary Quay, Michael Camilleri, Yolandi Franken, Rhian Kate Glossop
- Directors:
- Stuart Beattie
- Producers:
- Michael Boughen, Andrew Mason
- Writers:
- John Marsden, Stuart Beattie
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Australia
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/09/2011
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Character profiles
- The making of the movie
- Audio commentary by writer/director Stuart Beattie
- Audio commentary by producers Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen
- Behind the scenes: How to blow up the bridge and VFX breakdowns
- Alternate ending
- The books – John Marsden interview and passage readings
- Mini commentary by John Marsden
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Reviews (2) of Tomorrow, When the War Began
Ok Aussie Action Drama - Tomorrow, When the War Began review by GI
This is best described as the Australian Red Dawn (1984), which itself was remade in 2012, where a group off bored teenagers in a small Australian town go camping in the bush for a weekend and whilst they're away the country is invaded by a foreign power. The story follows their initial discovery of the invasion, their attempts to avoid capture and eventually becoming guerrilla fighters. It's a reasonably entertaining drama with a couple of decent set pieces including a big chase sequence although the whole thing is totally full of plot holes and at times daft. The inclusion of some romance that is more like a teenage high school drama slows the film down which lacks the action needed to make it really good. Apparently there were plans for sequels which were shelved when this failed to find an audience. Overall this is watchable but hinders possibly by budgetary restraints.
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Not much of a story to it - Tomorrow, When the War Began review by MD
This was not so much a film, more of a pilot for a series. The plot did not really develop and ended unexpectedly. Still, the scenery was beautiful.
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