Tomorrow When the War Began

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  • Opened February 24, 2012 (Limited 2/24)
  • 1 hr 43 min
  • R | some violence

  • TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN is a pulse-pounding action thriller that follows the journey of eight high school friends in an Australian coastal town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by an invasion that no one saw coming. Caitlin Stasey stars as 17-year-old Ellie Linton, a precocious teen who leads her best friends including Corrie (Rachel Hurd-Wood) and Kevin (Lincoln Lewis) to an isolated, deep in the woods camp site named ‘Hell.’ Upon returning, they come to grips with the fact that their country has been overrun by a mysterious, invading army. When the hostile armed forces become alerted to the presence of the teenagers, Ellie and her friends, along with a new recruit (apathetic stoner Chris Lang, played by Andrew Ryan) – must band together to escape, outwit and strike back against the mysterious enemy that has seized control of the their town and imprisoned their friends and loved ones. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis, Deniz Akdeniz, Phoebe Tonkin
  • Director: Stuart Beattie
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Art House/Foreign, Drama, Romance

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Tomorrow When the War Began

by emtolle

I loved this movie, of coarse I'm partial to the books but the director and actors did a great job portraying the characters. I'm in Seattle, so it took a while for the movie to reach us all the way...

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its obviously the chinese

by Madman905

This movie could have been something. Horrible script and I'm sure it didn't do the book any justice. The fact that they hid where the soldiers came from was just dumb as hell. The more I watched...

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by practicealoha

looks a little cheesy but fun...

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The Hollywood Reporter
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Australia may finally have a homegrown blockbuster on its hands with the terrifically engaging Tomorrow, When the War Began, an action-packed war film for and about teenagers. Read full review

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Arizona Republic
| Bill Goodykoontz

Beyond the shooting and running around, the film works because Beattie never loses the perspective of Ellie Linton (Caitlin Stasey), through whose eyes the story is told. Read full review

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Empire
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Serviceable action thriller than unleashes John Milius-style guerilla setpieces without the impact of John Milius-style budgets. Read full review

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Variety
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Parochial paranoia dovetails with adolescent angst in the glossy sci-fi coming-of-ager Tomorrow When the War Began. Read full review

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