Dull , Dull , Dull.

Rating: 5/10 (22 June 2011)

The way back had all the ingredients to be one of those films that amazes and moves you. A story about a group of people who are fighting for survival against all the odds , usually the kind of film i really like but for some reason this left me as cold as the Himalayas they were crossing.
I should have like this film . It has some good actors in it such as Jim Sturgess , Colin Farrell and Ed Harris but even they couldn't improve on what was ultimately a bad piece of direction.
Peter Weir should know better. He has made some good films in the past like , Master and Commander and Dead Poets Society but for some reason , before this film , he took a 6 year break from directing and it shows.
The scenes look like they were thrown together . without any thought and the characters were so dull you really didn't care what happened to them Why didn't we see any locals trying to take advantage of the rewards for the convicts ? It was hinted that would be the case but it didn't happen.
The Way Back is not terrible it's just dull and that's not what you want when you are watching a film that is 2 hours and 12 minutes long.