Population: 2

This post apocalyptic story of a single person living life alone on Earth, has the earmarks of being fairly inspired. There is some good to this, and some bad. First, the bad, which brings the movie way down, is the poor sound quality. You can't understand a word without closed caption. It can't be done. That said, we plod along through this story, which is "style over substance" so to speak, as we get the style of quiet depression, and that's fair enough. We're dealing with a sole survivor all alone, in this case a woman for a change, which is something Hollywood has hated to do. This movie does dare a little bit, although there are some formula traits. The woman being the last person on Earth is fresh. In almost every such movie, it's always a "married man". Can't be a bachelor, or a woman. Has to be a married man, so this movie does dare to break the Hollywood formula big time. There is the "corporate greed" formula, which would be fair to show, except it's very trite. Perhaps in twenty years that won't be so overdone, and the production team members obviously think so. The low budget look gives the impression of the production team deciding on location even before some of the dialog is written. The flashback settings are very dull, and the apocalyptic settings are actually more interesting. Yet our heroine seems to miss the dullness of the people. That's another weakness, the motivation. The dialog is not nearly as bad as most modern TV and movie dialog, but it's not supreme. This should have been better. Better sound alone would help. And perhaps making the characters somewhat more motivated.

I wish I could unwatch this.... Purely was curious about this one, because ( going by title) to me it was an obvious follow up/remake of it's awesome predecessor Population: 1. Only a puking gargoyle could have been more off the truth: this flick ( and I use that term very positively now) has nothing to do whatsoever with said predecessor and what I came to watch was nothing but a slow moving, never ending stale production of something that should have been locked up in a non-existing online dungeon. Everyone 'acting' here should lower their heads in shame every time it comes up in a friendly chat. I'm not a fan, as you obviously can see...burn this movie and let nobody in the future ever know it actually was recorded.

I was looking forward to watching this movie. I'm a die hard dystopian/apocalyptic fan, whether that be movies or books, and love a sole survivor style situation; so this should have fit the bill perfectly for me.

Now the plot line and the cinematography is good. Most scenes are fairly well shot and the story - although it flits from scene to scene and back and forth between the present and past - is easy enough to follow and blends in quite nicely. Some of the darker apocalyptic scenes are shot very well and show Lilith (Suzanne Tufan) struggling to survive and walking through the apocalyptic wasteland, and bedding down in her basement at night.

Suzanne Tufan plays a decent role whilst also narrating many of the scenes well too. But there are one or two that let the whole game down. Well, mainly one, and that's her on-screen husband. It's been a long time since I've wanted to put my fist inside of the TV and punch someone just for the role they play. And I don't mean because of the person he portrays, but because of the way he acted it out. It's like watching Joey from friends when he acts as Dr. Drake Ramoray in 'Days of our Lives'. Just awful.

I saw this film at the Worldfest International Film Festival in Houston, TX where it won a Platinum Remi for Best Sci-Fi Feature! The filmmakers, Gil Luna and Jonathan Stark, were present and shared their story about the struggles and triumphs in making this film. If you support independent film and post-apocalyptic awesomeness, then you need to BUY this film. The story will make you cry, laugh and really appreciate your life.

The DP also did excellent work. There's one shot where the lead actress is looking at her reflection on some broken glass. I remember that one specifically because it was one of my favorite shots from the film. I even remember talking about it with my friends at the Houston screening.

And the lead actress….OMG! I was cracking up when she was talking to herself. She's very versatile. I can't wait to see her in future films.

Way to go Population 2 team!

I fast forwarded to the end thinking there might be some 'big' ending but alas... the entire movie was boring and lame from start to finish. Some characters even talked in a monotonic tone as if they were also bored to even be in the movie.

Where were the post-nuclear mutations? Rats the size of cars? Come on!

If you have some time to waste and you are looking for something to do I recommend going outside and watching the clouds float by as you will find much more entertainment than you might find from watching this movie... or perhaps watching paint dry is your thing...

In any event, please do yourself a favor and pretend you never even knew that this movie existed and your life will be richer because of it.