Despite being pretty derivative of '28 Days Later', the idea for 'The Last Seven' was not bad. Post-apocalyptic films have been a very mixed bag, but there are decent and more ones out there so it was not as if there was any pre-viewing bias.
Unfortunately, 'The Last Seven' was another one of those "reasonable at least ideas terribly executed" films, true of a lot of films seen recently where it sounds intriguing on paper but turns out to be a waste of potential. 'The Last Seven' gets minor plus points for some slick location shots at the beginning and some atmospheric scenery. For me though, they were the only things that were halfway decent, and they managed to be wasted on the rest of the film looking like it was made not on a low budget but a Z-grade budget.
The rest of the production values looked haphazard and dreary and the make-up, effects etc. were as cheap as one can get. After starting off tolerably, it honestly felt in all senses that 'The Last Seven' just gave up and was in lazy mode for a vast majority of the film. Cannot remember the music at all and thought it didn't fit and was discordant with the atmosphere.
None of the performances are good, all round poor at best actually. John Mawson's dreadful over-acting is the biggest dishonourable mention and the less said about the truly bizarre and pretty pointless short appearance of Danny Dyer the better.
In fairness, a lot works against them. The dialogue does make one cringe, with a lot of cheese, intentional and unintentional and is incredibly awkward. There is nothing interesting or investable about the stereotypical and generally annoying characters.
Regarding the story, that it's derivative with very little original touches of its own is the least of its problems. The complete lack of atmosphere and the inability to make sense are what dooms it. It tends to be confused, and furthermore too obvious to be scary, too dull to be tense or suspenseful, too cheesy to be fun and too ridiculous to be thrilling. The direction is barely competent.
At the end of the day, there was nothing horrific or thrilling at all with 'The Last Seven', it was cheap, nonsensical, barely comprehensible, devoid of any tension or suspense and life and fun are completely sucked out of it. 2/10 Bethany Cox
Unfortunately, 'The Last Seven' was another one of those "reasonable at least ideas terribly executed" films, true of a lot of films seen recently where it sounds intriguing on paper but turns out to be a waste of potential. 'The Last Seven' gets minor plus points for some slick location shots at the beginning and some atmospheric scenery. For me though, they were the only things that were halfway decent, and they managed to be wasted on the rest of the film looking like it was made not on a low budget but a Z-grade budget.
The rest of the production values looked haphazard and dreary and the make-up, effects etc. were as cheap as one can get. After starting off tolerably, it honestly felt in all senses that 'The Last Seven' just gave up and was in lazy mode for a vast majority of the film. Cannot remember the music at all and thought it didn't fit and was discordant with the atmosphere.
None of the performances are good, all round poor at best actually. John Mawson's dreadful over-acting is the biggest dishonourable mention and the less said about the truly bizarre and pretty pointless short appearance of Danny Dyer the better.
In fairness, a lot works against them. The dialogue does make one cringe, with a lot of cheese, intentional and unintentional and is incredibly awkward. There is nothing interesting or investable about the stereotypical and generally annoying characters.
Regarding the story, that it's derivative with very little original touches of its own is the least of its problems. The complete lack of atmosphere and the inability to make sense are what dooms it. It tends to be confused, and furthermore too obvious to be scary, too dull to be tense or suspenseful, too cheesy to be fun and too ridiculous to be thrilling. The direction is barely competent.
At the end of the day, there was nothing horrific or thrilling at all with 'The Last Seven', it was cheap, nonsensical, barely comprehensible, devoid of any tension or suspense and life and fun are completely sucked out of it. 2/10 Bethany Cox