Review of Back to 1942 (2012) by Frank F — 01 Dec 2012
In Back to 1942 the audience follows the protagonists on a flet for survival. The result is a failed attempt to escape the hardships brought about by natural disaster, war, corruption, cruelty, fear and the dimise of hope.
By bombarding the audience with a chain of horrific events the audience's emotional responses becomes numb near the end of the movie. This brilliantly reflects how people who witness exceeding amounts of surreal atrocity in the context of war become numb emotionally and adopt an attitude of indifference.
The movie is indeed not uplifting. It may be upsetting to fans of hollywood movies that there is no happy ending or soul/spiritual victory for the main characters, but what this movie portrays reflect reality more closely.
The movie is not meant to be uplifting but rather to show what true hopelessness is like.
This review of Back to 1942 (2012) was written by Frank F on 01 Dec 2012.
Back to 1942 has generally received mixed reviews.
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