Testament
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Movie Reviews of Testament
Movie Review: Pretty good considering it was 1983...
Summary: 4 Stars
Early in the film, I got the impression that this could've been taken seriously upon it's release but may be kind of a joke now in 2008 (like 'The Net' for example). Anyway, it got morbidly bizarre as it progressed on. It wasn't what they showed, but what they didn't show that made some of that laughter turn to serious and puzzling thoughts. *Spoiler warning* The movie takes a turn when people begin dying from not-so-obvious signs of radiation poisoning, and they die by the thousands. By the time the shocking garage scene takes place you get a feeling of hopelessness. By the film's end you get no real resolution, no happy ending, which is why the films stuck with me as actually being bizarre and interesting as such post apocalyptic films should be. Sure there were a few bad spots scattered throughout the film, but I guess it shouldn't be judged by 2008 standards. Definitely for fans of Jericho - The First Season.Movie Review: Humanistic approach to the horror of nuclear war
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched this movie because I recently found out how close we came to that September 26, 1983 (Google that date). I just moved to Denver area to have a better life with my children that day.
People in the cities who died in the blast from nuclear bombs were the lucky ones because the people in the fringes dies from radiation poisoning. A woman assumes her husband died in San Fransisco and has to care for her kids and dutifully cares for others children. And she watches them die while the remaining parts of the world (including where she lives) implodes.
There is one moving scene where she explains about lovemaking to her teenage daughter who knows that she will never experience that. I was also touched by how a 13 year old boy becomes a man to cope with the situation.
I recommend this movie. We are not safe yet from this abominable possible destiny. It may not be another country, now it could be terrorists.
Movie Review: The Lasting Effects of Nuclear War
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie takes place in an area a ways from the targeted - being San Francisco but yet the impact and lasting effects of the nuclear attack are felt all the same. While "The Day After" and the UK-made "Threads" deliver a more grizzly picture - relying on the actual destruction, as they tend to focus on areas in which are the targets or are near such a target, this movie shows a community far away suffering all the same from the economical and radioactive fall out. This movie paints a grim and bleak situation with no real future as if to say that whether or not a nuclear war destroyed buildings and cities or not it's effects are devastating and will far outlive the war itself.Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
A quiet and moving (and bleak and depressing) look at America before the end, Testament never attained the level of cultural penetration that The Day After did but in its own way its a worthier film; with a powerful performance by Jane Alexander in the lead and a conclusion that'll put a lump in your throat, it's quite a little gem.
Movie Review: Bombs away.
Summary: 4 Stars
A good story with a predicatable ending. The cast is good and they manage to hold your interest and make you hope they make it; but you know they won't. if you want to watch a movie about the end of the world due to the "bomb", you will want to see this one.