Last of the Living (2009)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

LAST OF THE LIVING is an ultra-cheap zombie comedy in which a group of slackers go around and bump off members of the living dead in the wake of an apocalypse. Yes, it's a cheap derivative of SHAUN OF THE DEAD, made without any of the laughs, the wit, the gore, or indeed the technical prowess of the film-makers. And this is from a guy who doesn't even particularly like SHAUN OF THE DEAD.LAST OF THE LIVING is a Kiwi film although it's a far cry from the solid genre fare that used to come out of New Zealand - Peter Jackson's BRAINDEAD being a shining example. The whole thing is so cheap it looks like it was filmed on somebody's video camera with a group of buddies (and non-actors) standing in for the fellow cast members. There's not a single funny moment throughout the lengthy running time, and by the time we reach the end I was feeling extremely frustrated at having sat through a film so lacking in originality, a film without a single thing to say or distinguish itself from anything else in the over-crowded sub-genre of film-making.

This is one of those rare zombie films that actually manages to bring a bit of humor into a setting that isn't really tailored for it. Now, that is not to say that this is a movie that will have everyone rolling in the aisles. It won't because it isn't that kind of a movie. But it does have some amusing scenes here and there. Essentially, three pitiful guys "Morgan" (Morgan Williams), "Johnny" (Robert Faith) and "Ash" (Ashleigh Southam) are holed up in a house after a zombie outbreak has decimated their town in New Zealand. One day they accidentally run into a woman named "Stef" (Emily Padden-Brown) and each of them immediately try to impress her. Unfortunately for them, she is more interested in getting a sample of blood taken from a zombie to a group of scientists who are working on a cure. Naturally, they all decide to help her but not necessarily with the interests of the entire world as their reason. Anyway, this movie doesn't follow any normal path and there are a few unexpected twists and turns that crop up throughout the movie. Again, there is some comedy here but there is also a plot which requires a certain dark perspective as well. And adding comedy into a zombie nightmare is a more difficult task to accomplish than many people fully realize. The fact that this one succeeds on such a low budget is what makes this film so rare.

While this wasn't the worst movie I've seen...it definitely wasn't the best. Taking into account the budget- it's not bad. Interesting premise.I'm thankful I found it on Netflix and didn't actually spend like 5 bucks on it. As a film student- I was just shocked at the editing mistakes and shots out of focus... and continuity wise a few errors, and parts of the movie dropped frame, (it went black), instead of progressing to the next shot...As a car lover- you can just tell the sounds were obviously stock sounds- (meaning not from the actual car, just out of whatever program they used be it sound blaster or whatnot...) There are ways to edit this and find appropriate sounds: for example the car was moving, obviously no down-shifting happened and the sound you hear is a down-shift...Little rough, but not a bad effort for the money put into it.

For a low budget movie I thought this was pretty good. The characters are entertaining and work well together and the acting is pretty good. The story moves at a fair pace and I liked the music too.On the downside there's no real explanation as to why the three of them have survived but hardly anyone else has. If a guy with a golf club can take on half a dozen zombies it seems unlikely the situation could have spiralled so far out of control that there's hardly anyone left alive. They could have written around this pretty easily, it's a shame they didn't.I'm guessing most of the film of the city was shot in the early hours when there was nobody around but the clean streets look unconvincing for a zombie apocalypse film. If this was a 60 million dollar movie it would be more of a problem but it didn't spoil it for me, though I thought the riot footage at the start was a bit poor and clearly depicted a riot rather than zombies attacking people.I'm not a big fan of horror comedy but I do like zombie movies and I enjoyed this one, give it a try - it's worth a watch. The berserker move made me laugh every time.