The Last Days of Capitalism (2020) User Reviews

The realism was lost on the way

[mihaisorinp · 6/10 · 10 January 2022]

Is it possible to make a prostitute feel anything or not ? This is the main question. You have money and you want to buy love. Is it possible with a hooker ? The answer is no but the main character doesn't know or maybe he wants to prove otherwise.

My rating is low since this scenario is just a fantasy, there is no way anybody will throw money like this at a prostitute. What does the guy wants to prove ? Even if you got money from nothing you just not throw it away like there is no tomorrow. You don't discuss philosophy with a prostitute and try to impress her. Who is doing this things in real word ?

Plain

[milenagavrilovic · 2/10 · 4 August 2022]

Before reviewing the movie I would like to state that the trailer had me in a chokehold. I was more than excited to see a deep, artistic, intimate and interesting love story in a very unusual (meaning literally one place) setting.

After being sceptical in the beginning I was hoping for their connection to initiate and to grow but none of this has happened. It began with you being confused what exactly is going on, slowly getting an idea because all of it, the story, the characters, the mutuality, the MUSIC, the conversations were simply PLAIN. Unseasoned. Boring. Unconventional.

I must say a few phrases have being okay, yes, but nothing a movie enthusiast has not seen already 1000 times.

I would love to watch the movie through somebody's eyes who SAW and FELT a connection between these two, because they are more optimistic than I am.

I generally love movies where everything happens at one place, especially romance dramas, but this one was just disappointing and a bland waste of time.

An Overly Long Piece of Dreck

[bshaef · 2/10 · 30 January 2022]

Pointless story, subpar dialog and acting and totally boring. I've never understood why someone thinks that contemplating his/her navel is riveting cinema for the movie going public.

It's a Shame People Troll Rate This With 1

[mdc2275 · 10/10 · 22 November 2021]

This movie keeps getting better as it goes. The first 10 minutes of dialogue do now give you an insight into the remining dialogue, as perhaps some viewers thought.

I'd also imagine many of the troll ratings with a 1 cane from people who actually love all 99 Fast & Furious movies.

Or people who feel a little too much envy, which, granted the world is not fair, has no justice, and never did.

But that doesn't mean we can't open our minds to a new perspective that we could add to our own. A simple set up for this movie provides the script writer with all the inspiration they needed, and I am glad it got made. It's a shame that it won't find an audience.

The more than people dump on movies like this, the more Marvel crap we will get thrown at our skulls. And less experimentation in film. That's a tragic future for film making.

Down and Out in a Las Vegas Penthouse Suite

[lavatch · 7/10 · 14 August 2022]

The strength of "The Last Days of Capitalism" was the lively repartee. The scripting was razor-sharp, and the two performers billed as Man and Woman pulled off the nearly impossible task of sustaining interest in a two-character film.

There was an ebb-and-flow to the interactions of Man and Woman as they both seemed repellent in moments, at times sympathetic, and at other moments simply pathetic. For all of their intimacy in baring their souls, there really wasn't any suggestion of love expressed between them. The most profound emotion expressed was the occasional moment of being "real."

If there was a message to the film, it was never made entirely clear by the filmmakers. Was this a critique of capitalism, as implied in the title? Was it an attack on human greed in general? Was it an exposé of hedonism of today's elites? Was there a theme about the implications of the loss of faith in God in the world today? Was the film a subtle critique of American foreign policy in the past twenty years? While the message may be fuzzy, the dialogue was smart and there was never a dull moment in this roller-coaster weekend in Las Vegas.

really thought-proving

[texasinny-37007 · 10/10 · 15 November 2021]

This film does not feel like an independent film at all. The acting is great, the script is great and the camera work is gorgeous. Lots of mental stuff going on between the characters and you have time enough to absorb what they say and think about it. Totally recommend this.

To go or not to go to Paris?

[marceldorian · 9/10 · 7 February 2022]

I like dialogue based movies because that's what most of us do. We talk to or at each other. We share our thoughts, beliefs and fears. That's what happens here.

The movie brings together a successful business man and a woman for hire over the course of a long weekend. Between drinks and intercourse they discuss existentialism, religion, orgasms and morality. The actors are doing a great job in keeping us engaged and the direction is impeccable.

I can't tell you more without giving stuff away, so if you like talkies you will love this one.

Hands Down Winner

[rg-gaber · 10/10 · 8 December 2021]

A cerebral cat and mouse game that begs one to probe deeper with beautifully captured imagery and the music is fantastic. Engaging and interesting with really stellar performances, the filmmaker's succeeded in creating a surprising and intimate commentary on life and what we value. I was hooked and intrigued to the end.

Excellent writing, directing and acting

[firoozh · 9/10 · 26 January 2022]

This film is the reflection of money obsessed society that values cash over anything else. It's a thought engaging story and it's never boring. Although it happens in a hotel room, there's no need to be out of that room, there's no need for any other character to be part of this engaging interaction between this man and woman. There are few just conversation films starting with " My dinner with Andre" and it's very difficult format to be successful at it but this writer/ director pulls it true. It makes you think hard about what is going on in our world these days.

What a Surprise of a Movie

[renem-47666 · 10/10 · 26 February 2022]

Great acting through and through by these actors. The film needed none other than the dialogue between the two of them, which started out typical in a movie sense and turned into something REAL. Bravo to the writer and everyone else who got this movie made! A Must See !!!

Surprisingly strong for a 2-hander

[diamondintheroughfilms · 9/10 · 8 March 2020]

Solid writing and excellent acting make this single-set feature easily watchable. It manages to get beyond the "stage feel" too with dream-like camerawork that perfectly captures the hazy morals of Vegas. Definitely worth a look.

The Thinking Man's "Pretty Woman"

[sharonkathleenjohnson · 9/10 · 17 July 2023]

Evidently, monetary negotiations have become a tad more cutthroat in the age of EAT THE RICH than they were a generation ago, when money was equated with virtue. It's causing amoralists to look back nostalgically to the era of "Pretty Woman," when an honest working girl could go from prostitute to wife in three seconds flat--no class barriers, hidden agendas, or brass knuckles. But now that we're all painfully aware that 1% of the world populace controls 95% of its wealth, things have really gotten out of hand. Even the help are fighting back! We'll probably never know the true identity and backstory of this female protagonist, this mercurial honorary love child of Scheherazade and Machiavelli. A young woman this capable of psychological warfare and subterfuge has to have some heavy lifting precedents! Why, the poor-little-rich-boy protagonist is completely out of his depth, unfortunately becoming the sympathetic character by default. I haven't been this impressed by a dialogue writer in forever. As a radical Marxist, l applaud this literary attempt to right all wrongs by wronging all rights but as a radical feminist, it begs my imagination that a call girl has that level of ruthlessness--she would have been a corporate lawyer by age 25. She also seems to have psychotherapeutical, acting, medical, and acrobatic skills down pat. But then, this is a man writing dialogue for the soulmate of his dreams--a budding female adolescent who thinks, spars, and feints like a man. A worthy opponent who looks fifteen. But would an oligarch's heir reveal that much about his finances to a stranger? Seems naive in the extreme but then losing five million doesn't seem to phase him. In the end--does she just drug him or something more drastic? Does he die or just pass out? What is so personal about Paris for her? Curious minds long to know. In either event, the screenwriter has created a female villain so nefarious as to reincarnate Kahli--that terrifying Hindu goddess of both birth and death. I'm still trying to figure her(him) out. But isn't that the highest purpose of both literature and film--to provoke thought?