I had high expectations about 'Los últimos días' as Barcelona is not precisely an habitual setting for sci-fi films. In the end, though, the setting was one of the main problems for me, or rather, the absurd pilgrimage that the Pastor brothers force their characters to undertake. I know that New Yorkers must be used to having the geography of their city distorted on film but, believe me, there were 100 more solid alternatives to the erratic wandering of the two protagonists. I'm left, then, with some impressive moments, like the burning of a well-known city landmark and that lost deer.
The film also suffers from the weakness of the last segment, which asks us to stretch our credibility to impossible limits by simply ignoring the many difficulties that trying to survive in a very hostile environment must entail.
Quim Gutiérrez and Jose Coronado are, as usual, excellent but I wished Marta Etura had been given a more interesting role - or that she was the one in search of her lost boyfriend.
The film also suffers from the weakness of the last segment, which asks us to stretch our credibility to impossible limits by simply ignoring the many difficulties that trying to survive in a very hostile environment must entail.
Quim Gutiérrez and Jose Coronado are, as usual, excellent but I wished Marta Etura had been given a more interesting role - or that she was the one in search of her lost boyfriend.