I saw this movie had a 6.5 rating on IMDb, and it is on Amazon Prime, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Plus, I love post- apocalyptic-type movies (which I'm not sure this really is).
The good: The filming, lighting, and scenery is beautiful. Kudos for that. And as far as the acting, Anna Fagan was really good. Adam David Jones was good too.
The bad: The rest of the actors were pretty awful. 'Roberto' in particular, was terrible. He did not carry the 'something is menacingly off about this guy' character at all.
But the worst was the actual story. There were two HUGE problems- First, they never really told you what caused society to be in the state it was, other than an innocuous screen caption at the beginning that said 'Ten Years after Peak Oil'. And they never really clarified what the state of society was...some people had electricity, some didn't. They showed closed down gas stations, and then other convenience stores with gas pumps, groceries, and power. Some people lived in tents and foraged for food, while others had lovely vacation homes with all the amenities. This should have all been explained at some point.
Second, the story just ended. No explanation, no big moment, it just ended. It was never clear why. It was almost as if they suddenly just ran out of film. This was a major letdown for me.
I gave the movie 3 stars because the cinematography was really very well-done, and because I kinda had a small crush on Anna Fagan's character. But otherwise, at the end I felt like I just wasted 80 minutes of my life.
The good: The filming, lighting, and scenery is beautiful. Kudos for that. And as far as the acting, Anna Fagan was really good. Adam David Jones was good too.
The bad: The rest of the actors were pretty awful. 'Roberto' in particular, was terrible. He did not carry the 'something is menacingly off about this guy' character at all.
But the worst was the actual story. There were two HUGE problems- First, they never really told you what caused society to be in the state it was, other than an innocuous screen caption at the beginning that said 'Ten Years after Peak Oil'. And they never really clarified what the state of society was...some people had electricity, some didn't. They showed closed down gas stations, and then other convenience stores with gas pumps, groceries, and power. Some people lived in tents and foraged for food, while others had lovely vacation homes with all the amenities. This should have all been explained at some point.
Second, the story just ended. No explanation, no big moment, it just ended. It was never clear why. It was almost as if they suddenly just ran out of film. This was a major letdown for me.
I gave the movie 3 stars because the cinematography was really very well-done, and because I kinda had a small crush on Anna Fagan's character. But otherwise, at the end I felt like I just wasted 80 minutes of my life.