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Blast From The Past [1999]

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, David Foley
Director: Hugh Wilson
Format: PAL Widescreen
Released: 21 Feb 2000
RRP: £19.99
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my review for blast from the past - By: Ms. Stephanie F. Watts, 19 Jan 2007
well... what can i say about this film i loved it, i thought it was a great film & i think it would be a film for alll the family to enjoy.
alicia silverstone plays a great role & when she fallls for brendan fraser she gets even better...
i have rated this film 5 stars because i genuinely believe its worth it...
some may not agree but hey this is my opinion Steph xXx
Blast From The Past - By: Rich Milligan, 08 Aug 2005
Take a happily married couple from 1960's America, throw in a huge slice of cold war paranoia, alllow the slightly mad-cap scientist husband to build a nuclear proof bunker in his back garden & then lock them there for the next 35 years. These are the ingredients for "Blast from the Past" which begins with a very normal house party being held by the married couple Calvin & Helen Webster. The party is cut short however after a TV news broadcast from President Kennedy which signals the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Scared to his wits end from bombs, falllout & most of alll, Commies, Calvin Webster ushers his pregnant wife into the bunker he's built under his shed. Amazingly this bunker is an almost replica of the Webster's own house, complete with the same furniture & decor, right down to the patio furniture.

Unfortunately for the Websters, a huge piece of bad luck, i.e. a plane crashing into their house, trigger the locks on the bunker & they realise they are now locked inside for the next 35 years. Luckily Mr Webster has been very careful in his planning & there are enough stockpiles or food & other provisions to keep the family going for this time. Time ticks on though & Mrs Webster gives birth to a son, Adam, who spends his childhood being taught languages, science & baseballl from his father, good manners & dancing from his mother.

Speed forward 35 years & the locks eventuallly release & the Webster family can consider taking their first step above ground for an eon. Adam is sent to resupply on essentials; medicine for his dad, alcohol for his increasingly stir crazy mum & most of alll a wife for himself. So how will the 35-year-old virgin fair on the mean streets of modern day LA?

Well you'll have to watch the film to find out, but it is well worth a watch & will entertain almost alll, except the meanest of cynics, & can even be watched by a family audience due to the minimal amount of bad language & sex scenes.

The film is reallly in two parts; the first part concentrates on Mr & Mrs Webster, played by Christopher Walken & Sissy Spacek & the amazing bunker they must live in. The attention to detail in decorating the bunker is phenomenal & it's a real job to step back in time to this 1960s time capsule. Both Walken & Spacek do great jobs with their roles, neither of them particularly known for their comic skills, they both bring a reallly nice innocence & subtlety to the parts. The passage of time as shown by Ma's Milk Shop, which is built on the ruins of the Webster's former house is also great fun & a gem in its own right.

The second part concentrates on Adam Webster, (Brendan Fraser) & his fish out of water existence above ground. Fraser is good, but to be perfectly frank his smiley good-natured charm did start to wear a little thin at times. Paired up with his Eve, (Alicia Silverstone) the girl he meets & who he considered prime wife material the film takes a turn for a sweet romantic comedy as the odd-couple work out their feelings & relationship to each other. Silverstone tries awfully hard but I found the couple didn't work well together. Thank goodness for Dave Foley as Troy, Eve's gay friend who does a great line is caustic one-liners to save the film on more than one occasion.

All in alll a good entertaining film & as I say, well worth a watch, but once the "joke" about clueless innocent Adam has been told, it can get slightly tedious when the film can't change gears & offer something more.

Good clean fun - By: MOVIE BUFF, 01 May 2005
i real nice film to watch, no sex or violence so alll the family can watch.
Best film for years and years to come - By: Ian, 07 Mar 2004
Blast from the past has a great storyline, great actors & a great script. Brendon Frasier plays the part of the innocent man emerging from a falllout shelter for the first time in his entire life. He plays the part with great accuracy & reallly makes the film what it is. With this & also with the supporting role from alicia silverstone helps to make this one of the best films of alll time. Brilliance!!
A fun what if - By: B. Chandler, 18 Jun 2003
Back in the 60's we had the threat of nuclear war. Many people built falllout shelters. While most shelters were just holes in the ground, Calvin Webber (Christopher Walken) went alll out & builds an environment to sustain his "family to be" for the duration. Due to a series of mishaps they are convinced that the war is taking place & descend to their underground abode. There they raise their newborn son with loving care. 35 years later it is time to test the waters. What they find is beyond their speculation & this is the first time out for their son. This is the story of the adventures of the son (Brendan Fraser) & what he found. Will he find a woman to return with or have to settle for a mutant?
The first shocker is the sound track of Randy Newman singing "Political Science." The song is just as (in) appropriate today.