When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.
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Stuart Beattie
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Caitlin Stasey | ... | Ellie Linton | |
| Rachel Hurd-Wood | ... | Corrie Mackenzie | |
| Lincoln Lewis | ... | Kevin Holmes | |
| Deniz Akdeniz | ... | Homer Yannos | |
| Phoebe Tonkin | ... | Fiona Maxwell | |
| Chris Pang | ... | Lee Takkam | |
| Ashleigh Cummings | ... | Robyn Mathers | |
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Andrew Ryan | ... | Chris Lang (as Andy Ryan) |
| Colin Friels | ... | Dr. Clements | |
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Don Halbert | ... | Mr. Linton |
| Olivia Pigeot | ... | Mrs. Linton | |
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Stephen Bourke | ... | Police Officer |
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Kelly Butler | ... | Mrs. Maxwell |
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Julia Yon | ... | Mrs. Takkam |
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Dane Carson | ... | Mr. Mathers |
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In a small Australian town, seven teenage friends go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they don't know is that their country is being invaded. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, they band together to fight the enemy. Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
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Ellie Linton: We're not going to hold back. Recording it like this, it's um, it's so important to us. I guess it's our way of telling us that things matter. That we mean something. Maybe... some of the things we've done... The friends that we've lost, hopefully it all makes a difference somehow.
[regaining her composure]
Ellie Linton: There's only one way to do this. And that's to go back to where this all began.
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The highest grossing Australian movie of 2010, with over $13,000,000. See more »Goofs
During the garbage truck chase, many lights can be seen on in the windows of numerous businesses lining the streets, as well as various illuminated signs in the background of several shots, despite the fact that the power is supposed to be out in town, and that most of the invasion took place during the day when no lights would be on. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Ellie Linton: We're not going to hold back. Recording it like this, it's um, it's so important to us. I guess it's our way of telling us that things matter. That we mean something. Maybe... some of the things we've done... The friends that we've lost, hopefully it all makes a difference somehow.
[regaining her composure]
Ellie Linton: There's only one way to do this. And that's to go back to where this all began.
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24 February 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
AUD25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,172, 26 February 2012Gross USA:
$4,936Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$16,533,595Company Credits
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To the reviews that question the logic of the film and mentioned the driving around "without a care in the world" do not understand military parameters of making a perimeter. In the film the only time they were driving freely was when they were outside of the city limits, where there were never soldiers.
When you play close attention to the small details you will notice things like that rather than writing in a review you found the movie "laughable." I loved the human interaction and how the movie was crafted to not just be a war movie, but something much deeper about people from different walks of life coming together for a cause.
The acting I felt was also very well done, as well was the script. Every character develops in their own unique way, which gave the script a very complete feeling. I really don't have any complaints for how it was presented, it was a very solid film. It was just missing a spark to push it over the top of being good to great.
True Score: 7.3