Wisdom from the Apocalypse

An anthology of post-apocalyptic tales based around an annual gathering of a dozen or so survivors where stories are shared, but the selection is disjointed and not particularly rational - the setting seems to be the US (although several motorcycles seem to have side stands for left-hand drive areas), but one story is clearly Australian - the implication that civilisation has been destroyed, but a story has still managed to travel between isolated continents.

The gathering seems to have been edited in from somewhere else - the 'storyteller' is seen speaking without sound, while a voiceover narrates. The first story has the feel of a 1980s synthpop music video to scenes of a teenager training alone in martial arts before rescuing a gi4l from bullies. At around fifteen minutes, this is too long for nothing to happen.

A zombie story has the big names, possibly a well-funded short that inspired the anthology, and is followed by a blatant Mad Max segment, then a Book of Eli one, then a Mad Max 3 copy with a "four men enter; one man lives" Murderland.

Finally a mix of 1980s console game graphics (yes, the film is dated 2023) and a live action character fighting drones, before we return to the storyteller to sign off.

The film / sound quality and standard of acting / pacing / direction varies widely but the overall effect is disappointing. It's as if there was no overarching structure; someone just took a bunch of short films and cobbled together a backstory.

Sorry, not great.