I just stumbled across this movie online and I had to watch it twice to take it all in. I can see how some people wouldn't like it, but I found myself strangely drawn to it and I couldn't turn it off. I remember in Australian film history in the 80's and 90's there was a heap of very meaningful post apocalyptic art type movies, and this is one of them. But it's so much different than all the others. Certainly kept me thinking. The soundtrack drew me in and took me on a journey with the actors to a deep and dark place where our minds dare not go. I've got to say though, you wonder if the writer of this movie may have had a bit of influence from an illegal substance. I would certainly be interested in checking out more of their work.

Having read the reviews here both positive and negative I would just like to point out that Freedom Deep was a very low budget, independently financed Austrailain feature film shot on 35mm virtually stolen from the producers by 1st Miracle Pictures (Menahem Golan etc) before it was properly finished. Back in 1998 we were young, naive, without legal representation, and seduced by these 'Hollywood Producer/Distributors' who then exploited the film selling it to international DVD and Television markets. We were essentially ripped off, saw no profits or returns and had to wait for the rights to expire to complete the picture the way it was intended. This is being explored in a documentary currently in production.FREEDOM DEEP (Final Directors Version) is completed and will be released in late 2008 on Amazon.com.This version is 50-60% different in content and superior on every other level (aka The Samsara Chronicles). It has now been in production since 1994 and has received positive feedback, encouragement and contribution from a variety of film makers (such as Wim Wenders) that has helped shape its development.www.freedomdeep.com Freedom Deep FDV is not intended to be taken too seriously, it is a piece of pop culture with many references to contemporary cultural icons and broader world issues such as Sept 11, the war on terror etc. The narrative includes visual imagery, music, poetry, and a sense of broad stroke unbiased prophecy to tell what is ultimately a very humanistic and uplifting tale. The audience is invited to think a little and draw their own conclusions from the clues given or they can just sit back enjoy the music and be inspired by the cinematography of Karl von Moller.Aaron Stevenson (21st August 2008) "If a stranger should fall from the sky to the ground, tell me what would he think when he looked around?" Liam 2018.

Take "Six-String Samurai," suck every last bit of humor and talent out of it, set it in Australia and it STILL wouldn't be as awful as this unwatchable mess of self-obsessed celluloid.Not so much a movie as it is a horrendously long, mind-bendingly pretentious music video - "Freedom Deep" may very well qualify for Legendary Bad Movie status. At the very least it has to be one of the most toxically self-indulgent train wrecks since "Lisztomania" - which is an achievement of sorts, I suppose.The film's story, such as it is, concerns the efforts of Liam to bring the holy word of Kurt Cobain (!) to a suffering, nuke-ravaged humanity. Interspersed with this epic quest are flash backs to Liam's youth when he was a pudgy, abused kid who looks abso-tootly-ootly nothing like his older self.If the plot of this film sounds even mildly interesting - it's not. It's tedious and trite by turns and the film's only saving grace is that there's no dialog. Indeed, I can't even begin to imagine how teeth-grindingly awful this mis-begotten mess would be if we had to listen to these characters speak.

I'm not going to do a very deep review for this. I'll be honest, I saw this movie in a $3.99 bin at a grocery store and read the synopsis, and I had to buy it to see if it was as ridiculous as it sounded. Basically, Freedom Deep is the story of Liam, who, under the guidance of his mentor "Kurt Cobain" (yes, THE Kurt Cobain. The heroine addict lead singer of Nirvana who killed himself), begins to create a new religion based on his teachings. The story follows Liam simultaneously through the year 1998 as a 10 year old kid and in the year 2018 as a friggin idiot. As a kid Liam is shown beat up and neglected. He and has a revelation one night as he hallucinates the image of "Kurt Cobain" (!) at a hippy party. From that moment on Liam knows his purpose in life, though I'm kind of glad he didn't really share it with the audience. In 2018, the world has gone through an apocalypse and Liam is ready to journey to the last remains of civilization to spread the word of Kurt Cobain. And through facing difficult obstacles he does just that! Go Liam! The music is trippy, the acting is great considering there's no dialog, and the film processing attempted to have a fresh hip look, but ended up being annoying. I didn't even get the laugh I was hoping for.