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A Unique Post-Nuke Gem

Brian Lueth | Chicago, IL United States | 09/10/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Not content to just end the world or just offer up a psycho thriller, F. Javier Gutierrez combines the most terrifying and thrilling from both and the result is every bit as tense, disturbing and original as one could hope for. The character of Ale is hard to like but even harder not to admire when he places himself at risk for the safety of others. You find yourself disliking him for being an asshole and loving him for showing such sacrifice and bravery.

Before The Fall is deep, emotionally-charged and captivating. It's so refreshing to see genre cinema with this kind of heart; it's a damn shame Hollywood won't stick its neck out to fund anything this original. I know there's an English language remake, with Wes Craven attached, on the way but that just don't count as original.

First Timecrimes, now this? Before The Fall wasn't flashy or bloated with CG, its thought-provoking sci-fi with stylish touches of two-fisted American western/action cinema combined with the beautiful aesthetic we've come to expect from Spanish cinema. I highly recommend Before The Fall, as a purchase."

A Fantastic Drama

Russell Keller | So Cal | 10/26/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"WOW! This was an unexpectedly fantastic gem at Screamfest 2009. The Writer/Director answered Audience Questions after the movie and said the Movie was hard to categorize because it had the scifi backdrop with the incoming asteroid, but there's no doubt in my mind this was a Drama. This was way too emotionally griping to to not be my movie of the year."