The Last Hope

Guess the director never saw a good movie before. Nothing but close-up shots of the actors faces while they are talking. Couldn't make it thru the first 20 minutes, then fast forward to see if there was anything better than the close-ups, Nope.

I was prepared to give this film a go, as I don't mind a good low-budget zombie movie now and again, but I couldn't get past the horrible camera work. I can handle unintentional shakiness, but this was like it was done on purpose, and BADLY. I had to shut the film off after 5 minutes.Too bad really.

I was really excited for this movie but was very disappointed when I finally watched it.

The shaky camera made me really dizzy and people's heads were cut off. I had to shut my eyes quite a bit during this movie, especially at the start as the camera was moving way too fast and was all over the place.

I was confused with the story line as it didn't make a lot of sense. There wasn't really any character development and just jumped from one person to the next, without knowing who they were. The lead guy of the group they met, acting was way over the top and forced and it showed he wasn't a very good actor.

I think in future they need to take a step back from their movie and have someone else take a look at it and give them professional advice. Sometimes when you're too close to something you don't see the faults.

I admire their passion for the filming and this moving but I'm hoping this honest feedback helps them for their future movies.

1st of all I commend Leigh for having a go directing and staring in any film this is a huge achievement in ones self. Considering this is his first big film its a credit to him for trying. I agree and disagree with some of the other reviews. First of all to say that this film is unwatchable and i turned it off after 5mins is complete and other horse crap, I sat through the entire film with ease. I see where they were going with the whole handheld shakey feel and approach but this needs to be done in such away that doesn't distract and turn away viewers one thing I learnt when making my film "The Count" which does have a similar handheld style feel. I wish that I would of shown my actors how to use the camera properly before we started. Lesson learnt, ..and you do learn such things while making films something in which I don't think a lot of these reviewers fully understand on the mechanics behind making a film they are a bit to quick to judge I think. Acting was off and some/almost most of it felt forced, there were some good bits but a lot of cringe worthy robotic feels going on. Sound design def needed to be re-worked some of the audio that I heard while watching was off and not smooth this is so dam important to get right, if you nail the sound and music the footage follows, I felt at times I couldn't be immersed because the sound through me out of whack. Some of the effects where pretty cool. Makeup wasn't to bad but not over-ally great. Overall I gave this film a (4/10) for trying. Well done to everyone involved and keep trying ;)

Bad acting, shaky camera, bad editing, bad special effects... It's a low budget disaster. It's not worth your time. Just leave it alone and rewatch the remake of Dawn of the Dead instead.