20 Years After is a 2008 post apocalypse movie. It's directed by Jim Torres and written by him and Ron Harris. The only members of the cast I recognize is Azura Skye and Reg E Cathey. Azura's the only survivor that's gotten pregnant in the 20 years since the bombs ruined everything. She holds up in a basement with her mother. Reg is an ex-professor that used to live in the house that they live in. They are running out of water. The women join Reg to go looking for others with water. A guy named Michael has a radio show. He heads out to try to find another voice heard on the radio. He runs into Azure and her party and they al wind up in a cave based community. David is part of a gang of looters run by a crazy woman. They attack the cave where he finds his sister Azura and mother. Reg seems to have some mental powers giving people visions of their past or something. It's not explained. Azura wants to leave the caves and go past the unexplained corridor. You've seen it all before, people making stupid decisions, fighting amongst themselves, blah, blah, blah. Glad I watched it on YouTube and didn't waste a Netflix choice on it. I wouldn't bother watching it if I were you. Occasionally the sound cuts out on the version on YouTube. It didn't seem to matter.
Five is a 1951 post-apocalypse film produced, written and directed by Arch Oboler. It's the first of the post-apocalypse films and the title comes from the five people hold up in a Frank Lloyd Wright house, owned by Oboler, and the events that happen to them. Both films have a pregnant woman but that's about the only similarity. The script is more entertaining, Arch was a prolific radio script writer, and he has a nice way with characters. There's a nice mix of them and that creates some tension. It's a not a great movie but a decent one. It gets a 6.5 on the IMDb and it's about right. Even at that the score is double 20 Years After. You might give it a chance. You can see it in the link in the title.
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