The Way Back (2010)


Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

The Way Back (2010)

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Released Year: 2010
Runtime: 133 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Directors: Peter Weir

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Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

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Reviews


90
Boxoffice Magazine - Pete Hammond
A grueling, stunningly photographed story.
80
The Hollywood Reporter - Stephen Farber
Beyond its visual splendors, however, the film achieves searing moral power.
75
Orlando Sentinel - Roger Moore
An entertaining old-fashioned prison escape movie with a touch of the epic about it.
70
Movieline - Unnamed
Weir's artisan's sureness grants a bewitching calm - his trademark ambience - to this harrowing tale.
63
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
There is an irony here. The film exhibits an admirable determination to do justice to a real story, but the story's not real.

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Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.

Peter Weir's follow-up to Master & Commander (2003) is the stark & brilliant The Way Back, which takes on the theme of man's struggle for freedom. At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag. The film details their perilous & uncertain journey to freedom, as they cross deserts, mountains, & several nations.