The Last Sentinel (2007)

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: When Tallis and the girl jump out of the window, and Tallis blows a hole in the street so they can fall into the sewer. There is a shot from under the water that shows them hitting the water and then swimming back up to the surface, but the next shot shows them stand up and the water level in the sewer is only knee 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...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Last soldier...

Don Wilson stars as Tallis an elite soldier who is sent in to wipe out the drones. Seems the drones are robotic police officers who are trying to wipe out humans (Although they aren't seen doing anything outside of shooting at Wilson) and our burned out hero is aided by Katee Sackhoff who inspires him to fight to the death, in this completely routine Sci-Fi action flick. The only thing The Last Sentinel has in its favor is that it far exceeds any Sci-Fi channel movie, however the reason is because The Last Sentinel wasn't made for the Sci-Fi channel and hence why the movie is competently made even if it isn't all that interesting. Don Wilson is okay in the lead role and some of the shootouts are well staged, but generally this is mediocre stuff that doesn't leave much of an impression. The movie is so underwritten that one can't get into it, while surprisingly Wilson doesn't use any of his kick-boxing skills. Well he might kick somebody once but generally he uses his talking gun to fight these assembly line villains without so much as breaking a sweat. The cast includes Steven Bauer (Far away from his Scarface days, poor Steven) Bokeem Woodbine (Far away from his Freeway days) and Keith David (Far away from his The Thing and They Live days) who only contribute cameos. Once again this is a fairly well made B.movie but it's really nothing you haven't seen before and for the most part this is forgettable fodder only for undemanding viewers or fans of the star.

* * out of 4-(Fair)