The Last Sentinel (2007)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Jesse V. Johnson

Writer:

Jesse V. Johnson (writer)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The last of the warriors could now be our last hope.

Plot:

No emotion. No fear. No pain. They were the perfect soldiers to protect civilization-until the drone police became the perfect enemy...

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Underwater | Training | Freedom Fighter | Post Apocalyptic

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson	...	Tallis
Katee Sackhoff	...	Girl
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Anchilles
Keith David	...	Col. Norton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Allas	...	Angry Cop
Matthew R. Anderson	...	MSgt. Washington
Steven Bauer	...	Drone Scientist
Levi Harrison	...	Young Soldier
Joe Hess	...	Operator #2
Maddy Howard	...	Reporter
Erken Ialgashev	...	Angry Gunman
Dawnn Lewis	...	Angel - Tallis' Rifle (voice)
David Mattey	...	Super Drone
Caryn Mower	...	Drone Scientist #2
Tamas Nadas	...	Drone Fighter
Philly	...	Hound Dog
BooBoo Stewart	...	Young Tallis
Nils Allen Stewart	...	Trinny
Jerry Trimble	...	Last Human Cop
Austin Vaccaro	...	Operator #1

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Gorilla Pictures

Trivia:

In the last fight scene David Mattey, who plays the Super Drone, was wearing a suit of armor and prosthetic appliances on his face and full colored eye contacts, the type that surround the whole front of the eye, greatly restricting your vision. To add to the difficulty the scene was filmed in the rain and at night. Mattey ended up being a better swordsman than his stunt double, who ended up sitting out the scene.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Towards the end of the movie, three red drones are hunting Tallis in a sewer. The water level is only knee deep. Tallis dives under the water’s surface and the shot shows him swimming in water that is waist deep to the drones. The next shot shows Tallis coming up out of the water behind the last drone and killing it. However the water level is only knee deep. Tallis then ducks back under the water and we see a shot of him swimming around again in water that is at least waist deep.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Angel - Tallis' Rifle: 'It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.' Albert Einstein made that statement when the steam powered locomotive was still a wonder of technology. I wonder what theory he would have had for the mess mankind has made of things now...
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Movie Connections:

References Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Don, Katee, Keith - what did you do ?

If I reach for the fast forward during a film then anything above a 1 is just not what people want to hear. Sure this is a low budget flick, but how many mindless men in black storm trooper suits do you kill before the addition of a meaningful plot is necessary. The props in your average furniture store had been looking computers.

Three great leading actors I would offer one piece of advice, Read the script before you commit. Any single episode of BSG, Spawn or don movie is better than this. What happened! Honestly I would give this a miss, there are a whole lot more movies I would rather see twice than recommend this one even once. Sorry dud.