Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Tweekums I first saw this ITV drama when it was broadcast in 1999, since then I've watched it a couple more times and it remains gripping. Set in the near future after most of the world has been devastated by an asteroid a small group who survived because they were put into cryogenic suspension when their train crashed in Sheffield. They weren't meant to be frozen but one of them was heading for a government facility there and she had the cryogenic agent with her at the time of impact. The survivors are a varied group; the scientist, a policeman, a criminal, a failed businessman, a pregnant woman, a mother and her two children and two retired people. They have little common apart from their desire to survive. To this end they head to a place called ARC in Scotland where Harriet, the scientist, assures them they will find fellow survivors. On the way they encounter several dangers including wild dogs, acid rain and another group of people.While there is an over all story arc following their journey north each episode contains a new situation for them to overcome; in one they must face the other group to get a boat to cross a flooded river, in another they find a village and must decide whether they should stay their with two surviving villagers or head on North. The small cast do a fine job, notably Nicola Walker as Harriet, Zoe Telford as the pregnant Roe, Christopher Fulford and Ian the police sergeant and Caroline Carver as the mysterious Hild, a girl they meet along the way.At only six episodes the series is quite short and little time is wasted on non essential scenes; the characters are all interesting in their own way; some likable; some deliberately unlikeable and some who are doomed not to survive to the end. If this ever gets broadcast again in it certainly worth watching if you like post-apocalyptic dramas.

craig-651 I was hooked on this mini series watching it religiously for weeks on end, only to move house to Wales where we couldn't get any reception.I'd love to see the final episodes of this mini series or buy it. So my comment is to assist the above gentleman's words although we're years apart. There are still people out there that would love a re-run of this series and to buy the film. If anyone from ITV comes across this then please release the mini series on DVD.If anyone comes across this on the internet I would appreciate a link to where I could acquire it.Craig.

herbertanchovy I thought parts of this were a little far fetched, I mean they went to the lock up to collect the van after 50 years, not only does it have tyres that haven't perished, an engine that hasn't seized, and a magic battery that is still able to take a charge after 50 years, but also a special type of diesel fuel that doesn't separate into waxy compounds over the years..however, as the man says-come doomsday the last vehicle running will be a Mercedes benz also they find a supply of fuel has been left for them to reach the ark..how convenient it wasn't petrol? why didn't they use motorways to reach their destination instead of bumping along dirt tracks? How come that pub still had food and drink left and the jukebox and generator still work perfectly? that aside, it was a great twist as you see them driving off past a gravestone that clearly shows they have been asleep a lot longer than the 14 years they originally thought

jpn This six-part mini-series does a good job of describing the journey of a group of individuals that survive an apocalyptic event in modern-day Britain. The tone is dark and depressing, and the writer develops the hopelessness of the story quite well, particularly as the main characters come to realize the brutal reality of the situation that they find themselves in. The acting is reasonable, but is generally overshadowed by the story itself.Certainly not an uplifting story, but recommended for fans of this sort of thing.