Start watching this movie on TV, I expected just another low-budget action film that would doubtfully be watched till its end. Eventually, i was enjoying so much to rate it with '9'. A bit strange deviation from its 3.1 IMDb average but....this is my opinion, isn't it :)
Unlike other high-budget natural-disaster movies with heroic attempts of the main actor to save his child/wife, here there is a group of survivals with their daily attempts to survive. The grotesqueness of characters doesn't change the realness of situation. Grotesque as they are: an earthquake just happened - what will they do ? They behave like human beings under crisis - not like American heros with banally, expected and nonrealistic moves.
Just think of "metamorphosis" of kafka: there, a man became an insect and it's still a classic story. Why ? because the unreal starting-point is forgotten when the reader follows the very-real behaviour of the character (of course, this is not the only reason "metamorphosis" is a classic one :) ).
Back to The Last Patrol: a colorful set of people in a situation I'm really anxious about: you know, an earthquake can really be stronger than what we ever seen, then what will we do, isolated with some people in the less-expected location ?
Various violent conflicts (e.g. the prisoners) and the weird plague add the "action" spice which makes this film more entertaining than just a drama.
The bottom line: I've enjoyed this movie very much.
Unlike other high-budget natural-disaster movies with heroic attempts of the main actor to save his child/wife, here there is a group of survivals with their daily attempts to survive. The grotesqueness of characters doesn't change the realness of situation. Grotesque as they are: an earthquake just happened - what will they do ? They behave like human beings under crisis - not like American heros with banally, expected and nonrealistic moves.
Just think of "metamorphosis" of kafka: there, a man became an insect and it's still a classic story. Why ? because the unreal starting-point is forgotten when the reader follows the very-real behaviour of the character (of course, this is not the only reason "metamorphosis" is a classic one :) ).
Back to The Last Patrol: a colorful set of people in a situation I'm really anxious about: you know, an earthquake can really be stronger than what we ever seen, then what will we do, isolated with some people in the less-expected location ?
Various violent conflicts (e.g. the prisoners) and the weird plague add the "action" spice which makes this film more entertaining than just a drama.
The bottom line: I've enjoyed this movie very much.