Going Back

This little picture is very simple and yet tells a story that can touch anyone. Bruce Campbell is out of his stereotype here and does a really nice job. The story in strong in this low budget drama, but the production value is solid. The film does a nice job of using the Vietnam war as a back drop to the story. In that, there is a slight anti war theme running through a story about not being able to go back to our youth and recapture our experiences. Reminds me of Herman Hesse theme. Obviously shot on location, the film does an accurate job of creating an original mid west setting and acts as a time piece set in the mid 1960's. There is talent in this writer/ director.

This was one of the worst films I have ever seen. I watched on Amazon Prime and kept fast forwarding to get through it.

I wish I'd known more about the plot before wasting an hour and a half of my life on this.

Bad music, uneven dialogue, unexplained plotting, choppy editing...brace yourself for all of it. And there are certain plot points that just don't make any sense. Jack is a Korean War veteran? He must have enlisted at age 40. And the scene with the "neat old car" sitting in the field? The movie takes place in 1964 - and that's a '64 Dodge which has somehow become a rusted out relic instantaneously. And what's with the mosquitos? And Cindy's "poetry"?

Throw in some terrible acting and you've got the perfect storm of pointlessness. Spare yourself.

It is odd to see Bruce Campbell for a film like this since he is mostly a horror movie actor but it was still great. The movie focuses around Brice Chapman (Bruce Campbell) and Cleveland "Clee" Neal (Christopher Howe). These two guys are college friends who decide to take a vacation. When there car breaks down, they meet this old war vetern who owns a farm and who gives them a place to stay. Also Brice meets a girl there who he falls for. And they realize when they have to go home they can never go back. This movie I liked a lot. It's not like one of those draggy, boring, and pointless dramas but instead it hooks you and your mind tells you to watch it all. I recommend this film to all.

10/10

Who would have thought it? Bruce Campbell (then 24) starring in a film that pulls an average/global user rating of 7.3, which is pretty much up there with the seriously popular film titles!

For once though, it is a rating that is spot on. A rarely glimpsed, ultra low-budget "rites of passage" flick that focuses on a couple of college friends who take a vacation together and who discover warmth, adulthood and in Campbell's case, young love. Very under-rated little movie and ultimately quite engrossing.

Quite frankly I had never heard of this film and but for a chance viewing on late night cable months ago, would have been none the wiser. Made after EVIL DEAD, it shows a side to Chapman rarely seen since, following his typecasting in horror films, often cameoing in those of his friend and mentor, director Sam Raimi.

Campbell was seen most recently (but probably not recognised) in Carrey's THE MAJESTIC