All the Lost Ones

Biggest pile of crap movie ever. I get it's a fictional movie, but we can definitely tell the type of people that came up with this garbage. At least try and hide you fear mongering subliminal tactics better. At least Civil War with Kirsten Dunst was unbiased. This movie is the product of uneducated Democrat extremist who should be ashamed of themselves. It was so painfully obvious what the makers of this film were trying to accomplish. Reenforcing into weak minds that the conservatives are going to go on a killing spree just massacring anyone that opposed their views. Like I said this movie is complete dog crap. This movie was so bad it was painful.

Like 'Civil War', which was released in the same year, 'All the Lost Ones' is set in a politically divided North America caught up in a civil war. However, the new political geography remains much more unnoticed than in the much more successful mainstream film, because the film supposedly concentrates on an introspective view of such events and deals with a group of withdrawn people and how they deal with the new circumstances. The almost pathological reference to supposed environmental challenges in this day and age, the bold labeling of individual political forces and the cheap good-and-evil approach of this film are absolutely annoying and exhausting-because-stupid approaches of many studios and filmmakers today. The movie clearly lacks the creative depth of the much more successful Alex Gaarland film and the mix of intelligence and courage to not make this issue a matter of political affiliation. Add to that weakly filmed and shaky images, more than bumpy acting performances and a long tedium that you can actually feel right from the start when watching the movie.

This movie has a decent premise. An interesting setting and plenty of options to deliver a message. Sadly it doesn't. There is no morale of the story, no lesson learnt, no real epiphany. This flick suffers from very poor writing. A lot of nonsensical behaviour by the protagonists who act like hapless teenagers while their lives are at stake. Awkward dialogue does not help the actors who partly deliver decent work. But the badly scripted action almost made me wish for the main character to catch a bullet because her behaviour actually invited that. Also - throughout the journey, she literally learns absolutely nothing. She arrives as immature as she started. This could have been so much better.

Really only a 5.5 rounded up to 6 with an extra point to help balance out the many negative reviews.

While the premise & plot lines was promising, the poor script & lack of character development brings down what had so much potential to be a good indie production.

The cinematography, the under-stated score & the thoughtful direction gave a great visual story, with creative use of the landscape evoking a mood and tone that kept me watching through to the.end.

Unfortunately, despite a capable cast - the dialogue, the cliche cardboard cut-out characters (especially the bad guy militia) bring on cringe moments in some scenes.