The Way Back is the fact-based story of the escape of soldiers from a Siberian gulag in 1940. It is based on several sources, most notably the Slavomir Rawicz book "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom." The book is Rawicz's account of being captured by the Red Army in 1939 and his journey to freedom with other inmates. The group crossed the Siberian arctic, the Gobi desert and the Himalayas, finally settling in Tibet and India.This is one of those movies that probably would have been pretty good if there was any sort of an emotional hook at all. I didn't find myself really caring about any of the characters and their journey felt as long on film as it must have been in real life.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering to see this movie. Honestly, I don't even think most of you have ever heard of this one anyway.
