Resistance (2011)

Resistance: Directed by Amit Gupta. With Alexander Dreymon, Michael Sheen, Andrea Riseborough, Iwan Rheon. In 1944 a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished.

“When I heard this was a movie about an alternate reality where Britain lost the Second World War and becomes under German control, I thought u0026quot;GREAT!! Sounds like an fascinating exploration of people suffering under the occupation of an enemy force.u0026quot; The truth is somewhat different though… in fact, my initial reaction couldnu0026#39;t have been less accurate if Iu0026#39;d assumed David Cameron would be a Conservative Prime Minister.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe u0026#39;actionu0026#39; focuses on a lonely Welsh valley, after D-day has failed and all the men disappear overnight. A handful of Jerrys appear (The budgeters couldnu0026#39;t afford to hire any more, ya see) and take over the even smaller population (Man, those purse strings mustu0026#39;ve been tight), and one of them takes a fancy to a local girl whou0026#39;s husband has gone AWOL. His pathetic attempts at courtship takes up the lionu0026#39;s share of the length, while some dogs, a horse and a sheep die in tragic circumstances.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhatu0026#39;s that? You wanted MORE? You expected large scale gun battles, the sight of people suffering during Nazi authority, real tension, and God forbid, some genuine wartime atmosphere? None of that here, matey. The Germans here seem like nice chappies, helping out around the farm and treating the residents with respect and curtesy. This might be alright for the fictional characters in the movie, but it kills all interest stone dead.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are myriads of flashbacks, none of help move the plot forward at all and only serve to confuse the viewer with their irrelevance. I didnu0026#39;t care about any of these people, because the script gave me nothing TO care about. Youu0026#39;d be hard pushed to find anything that lasts for more than 80 minutes where less happens, and considering the Canu0026#39;t-Miss central premise, this is a crime. One day, theyu0026#39;ll make a film about this very subject, on a much grander scale.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd, *fingers crossed* itu0026#39;ll be nothing like this. 3/10”