This was an absolutely brilliant film in the ilk of Red Dawn (the original of course) with yet another stunning performance from rising star Saoirse Ronan in the title role.

Taken from an award-winning teen fiction book the story follows a nuclear strike and war in mainland Britain between British Soldiers (the good guys)  and some very Arab-terrorist looking people in black (the bad guys).

Don’t be fooled by the films beginning which resembles The Railway Children, the film soon gets going and pulls no punches. I wondered actually at times whether it was really suitable for teens as it got fairly graphic, then again I suppose these days with the Internet they’ve seen it all…

Unlike Red Dawn the film concentrates more on the affect on the populous of a war and the hardships they endure going from ordinary lives to surviving the horrors of war. No Heroic “Wolverines” here I am afraid, just people running away from terrifying circumstances.