A completely new adventure film has been released in Australia. The book, Tomorrow When The War Began by popular Australian author John Marsden, has been turned into a blockbuster movie The book has a substantial following of teenage readers and has sold over 2 million copies in Australia and new Zealand, with many parents of those teens have also enjoyed reading this book.
The book was then adapted for the big screen by script writer Stuart Beattie, who has also written the screenplays for the “Pirates of The Caribbean; the curse of The Black Pearl” and “Australia” films among others. Beattie is furthermore directing the Tomorrow When The War Began picture, which will be his first experience as the director of a film.
Well recognized young Australian actors, known for their various roles in Australian television and film, make up the majority of the cast; their fame stemming from roles in popular soaps like Home and Away and Neighbours.
The story starts with a group of teenagers who live in a country town called Wirawee, and decide to go on a camping trip to a remote area of bush called “Hell” in the last week of the school holidays. The town happens to be celebrating their annual Commemorative Day activities while the group are away, so they don’t think it odd to observe airplanes flying overhead while they’re away camping. They think it’s just an aspect of the festivities.
When they arrive back home from their camping trip, they are distraught to find their homes have been abandoned by their loved ones and their animals have been left to die from starvation. Then they discover they can’t get any phone coverage for their phones and that there’s no electricity.
Not knowing what to make of the circumstance they find themselves in, they wait until nightfall to go into town to try and uncover what has taken place in their town and to their families. Risking their own safety, they recognise soon enough what has occurred; the town has been invaded by an unidentified army who are holding all their families and towns people captive at the local showground
The story then continues on to show the teenagers doing whatever they can to wreck havoc on the enemy force using guerrilla tactics to try to free their families and towns people. There’s lots of action and adventure in this picture; and a bit of romance, as we watch the group struggle against enormous odds to try and thwart the enemy forces and survive the surreal predicament they find themselves in.
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