Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Resistable


Resistance (2011)

Based on the novel of the same name this film directed by Amit Gupta stars Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha and Michael Sheen. In an alternate 1944 Britain is invaded by Germany and the women of a Welsh valley are left to deal with the occupiers by their husbands.

While the premise of this film is fairly interesting the plot never really goes anywhere, preferring to skirt around the issues rather than get to grips with them. Wales provides an excellent backdrop for the film with some stunning scenery but that is about the best thing in this film. Unfortunately I think this is another case of trying to take a novel where all the conflict is internal and trying to transfer it to a medium that specialises in external conflict.

2/5

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