A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into primitive localized communities. In 1966 a great plague wipes out most of what people are left but small numbers still survive. One day a strange aircraft lands at one of these communities and its pilot tells of an o... (Full plot summary below)
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A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into primitive localized communities. In 1966 a great plague wipes out most of what people are left but small numbers still survive. One day a strange aircraft lands at one of these communities and its pilot tells of an organization which is rebuilding civilization and slowly moving across the world re-civilizing these groups of survivors. Great reconstruction takes place over the next few decades and society is once again great and strong. The world's population is now living in underground cities. In the year 2035, on the eve of man's first flight to the moon, a popular uprising against progress (which some people claim has caused the wars of the past) gains support and becomes violent.
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| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitIts lecture-dialogue stilted and ideas simplistic, 'Things to Come' is nevertheless a worthy visual experience. |
| Empire MagazineWilliam ThomasSpookily prescient in many of its ideas, this is fascinating whilst being a little clumsy and dated, even for its time. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumLandmark sci-fi achievement by Menzies, and still imitated. |
| AARP Movies for GrownupsBill NewcottEveryone in this Wellsian future loves it, except for a Luddite (Cedric Hardwicke). "What is the good of all this progress?" he declares. "We demand a rest!" He's supposed to be the villain, but I find him to be the film's most sympathetic character. |
| Monthly Film BulletinMFB CriticsIn all, this is a film which because of its conception and technical achievements demands to he seen and deserves careful and discriminating attention. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher Long(Wells) never imagined our 21st century gadgets would be so tiny; pocket-sized streaming devices for a population more interested in gazing at navels than at stars. |
| Time OutChris WickingIn the realm of 'prophetic science fiction', it is a genre landmark. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeSimplistic, but great looking and with a great Arthur Bliss score |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka disappointing lesson learned about the limitations of amazing imagery bereft of interesting characters and narrative |
| User ReviewGordon TCLASSIC!!!! Be sure to see the uncut version! (The first film ever to cost a million dollars). -- its been 25 years since I saw this as a Goodtimes VHS video. "All's Right With the World," a character says. and then the bombs fall . . . even on a cinema (a Movie Theater). |
