Preview: The Way Back (2010)

Synopsis:

A group of prisoners in Siberia escape the isolated facility and travel thousands of miles towards freedom.

• Poster: C

Review:

Standard. Unexceptional. Lacks a spark. These aren't the kind of words that marketers really want to be invoking with a poster.

• Trailer: B

Review:

The biggest problem with this trailer is the soaring score. It seems almost overbearing for the last portions of the trailer. However, with a cast like this and a harrowing story, this could be quite an entertaining yarn.

Oscar Prospects:

With a cast like this, how could it not be an Oscar contender. The story itself should help a great deal, but with Peter Weir behind the camera, it could be his best shot in some time at Oscar.

Release Date:

• December 29, 2010

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (November 4, 2010) Original