With the Crimean Peninsula occupied and Russian troops amassed upon Ukraine’s eastern boarder, the recent DVD release of How I Live Now seems chillingly appropriate. While it’s not a Horror movie in the strictest sense, How I Live Now harkens back to 1980’s Cold-War Era films about World War III and nuclear assault, like: Threads, The Day After, The Testament, and On the Beach. While not as devastating as the more recent apocalyptic drama The Road, How I Live Now still manages to land some serious punches, essentially creating one of the bleakest coming-of-age sagas ever.
How I Live Now, directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Meg Rosoff. Check out my review after the jump.
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