The Last Man (2008)

The first contemporary adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1826 novel about a twenty-first century pandemic.

Director:

James Arnett

Writers:

James Arnett, Mary Shelley (novel)

Stars:

Santiago Craig, Teresa Shade, Julio Garcia

Cast

Credited cast:
Santiago Craig	...	Lionel Verney
Teresa Shade	...	Evadne
Julio Garcia	...	Victor The Butcher
Tom Rogers	...	Ray
Courtney Davis	...	Capt. Idris
Donavon Baker	...	Dr. Adrian
Maxine Gillespie	...	Barbara Evans
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stan Babola	...	Diseased
Allie Bell	...	Sick Mother / Mutant Zombie
Denise Blum	...	Nurse Kate
Madison Renee Elsner	...	Mutant (as Madison Elsner)
Scott Hellon	...	Zombie with an AT-4 Rocket Launcher
Kevin Lucero Less	...	Mcmahon / Marty / Dr. Adam / Robert / Jules / Alan / Jesse / Palli / Tom / George / The Infected / National Guards / Mutant Guards (voice)
Roy C. Patterson	...	Tom, leader of small group of diseased
Zelieann Rivera	...	Mutant / Virgin

Storyline

Black marketers loot an abandoned Soviet bio-weapons lab in Siberia, releasing a weaponized strain of Small Pox which quickly turns into a global pandemic. The remaining 2%, who survive the 98% mortality rate suffer varying degrees of blindness, physical deformation, sterility and madness. Without any food source coming into the cities, what food stocks have not already been looted have been horded. With starvation threatening the plague survivors, they turn to cannibalism, preying upon each other. The unscarred Lionel Verney, by default, becomes the strongest man standing, competing for his existence against entire clans of diseased survivors among the ruins of what once was the 21st century.

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Plot Keywords:

pandemic | cannibalism | plague | biological weapon | isolation | 

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Taglines:

The lost apocalyptic classic by the author of Frankenstein.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mary Shelley's The Last Man

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A.I.A. Productions, Halo One Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

You have got to be kidding me.

Why would someone make such a horrid movie with $7,500? It was so bad. I laughed so hard. Truly, it has to be up there with the worst movie I have ever watched. None of the actors - Gee, if you could even call them that - had taken lessons. Imagine watching the worst possible high school play...unrehearsed. Then throw in some special-effects that South Park would laugh at. Just a riot. I will not spoil the movie, but please, why must we hear traffic going by in a city that is supposed to be free of all traffic? If this guy plans on making more films like this the public needs to be warned. Seven months of weekends isn't much time for preparing, granted. Do any of these actors plan on making careers - no - they didn't have to quit their day jobs (thank Goodness). I saw several of the same people get killed many many times over. I must say that the obscenities were at a very minimum. There was one brief nude/slashing scene. Lots of gratuitous overkill - and I mean OVERKILL....gun scenes that seemed to go on forever..kinda like a broken record. I think the actors/actresses did their own make-up and stunts.