I'd been looking for this movie for some time after encountering it mentioned on the site Quiet Earth. I'm glad that my perseverance paid off and I found it at a local video store.
While it's obvious that many of the actors have more experience on stage than in front of a camera, this in no way detracts from this gem. If anything, it only adds an intimate and fairy-tale quality of the movie. Do not expect a life-changing experience or an over-the-top action flick (in spite of it being post apocalypse). Do see it for what it is, a well directed and cast post modern myth. But be warned, that if you are one who needs myth distilled and crystallized, you will overlook the spider's web in the closing shot.
While it's obvious that many of the actors have more experience on stage than in front of a camera, this in no way detracts from this gem. If anything, it only adds an intimate and fairy-tale quality of the movie. Do not expect a life-changing experience or an over-the-top action flick (in spite of it being post apocalypse). Do see it for what it is, a well directed and cast post modern myth. But be warned, that if you are one who needs myth distilled and crystallized, you will overlook the spider's web in the closing shot.