These Final Hours (2014)
What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.
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Purely Joyful Movie!
Best movie of this year hands down!
Admirable film.
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
I don't understand Aussies. They hate Americans yet they try so hard to copy Americans. Aussies trying to tell the world they can do drugs, party hard, and have sex while waiting for a meteor to hit their country. This movie runs just like any other typical American B-movie. Limited in budget, so they throw in sex scene after sex scene, what's new?
-Acting is more than great, main actor is very good and little girl rocks... camera is beautiful, and editing is perfect. -Soundtrack is awesome, there is no soundtrack. -Story is not original but it works here. -It is about apocalypse. -It is about redemption. Oi. -Thank you for this.
I knew how long this movie was going to be before I started it so I just assumed I would be happy with that. When the movie reached the credits I just sat there wishing it was longer because I wanted to see James and Roses's relationship grow a little bit further before James went on his way. I wanted to see them interact a lot more so when James eventually left her I would've had a more emotional reaction to it, similar to what James had.About halfway through I was getting a "Last of Us" vibe with James not being so keen on helping Rose, just like with Joel and Ellie from the game.Overall with the small run time of 83 minutes and some questionable acting aside, I quite enjoyed this (According to IMDb) Drama/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller.
In "These Final Hours" Nathan Phillips plays James. A man who doesn't want to face the impending doom of the apocalypses. As the final hours approach, he has the chance to redeem his life and make things right once and for all. The film is well directed by Zak Hilditch and the cast does a stand up job all around. These types of films don't get a lot of funding in Australia, so it's good to see a genre piece like this come out of the local scene. It does have it's flaws in it's pacing at times, but the acting really draws you in and there is an overwhelming sense of dread and approaching doom. The cinematography by Bonnie Elliott is beautiful to behold. It's as if the sun is extremely close to the earth like an eternal summer evening. The themes tackled are quite simple and beautiful, which is the real shinning moment for the film. It's really asking not, "where you will be when the world ends" but "where would you rather be?" eight out of ten stars.