Product Details

• Actors: Ashleigh Southam, Mark Hadlow, Robert Faith, Morgan Williams
• Directors: Logan McMillan
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 20, 2009
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002K0UNYQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,028 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Last of the Living" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis:
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 10/20/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
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Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Acceptable, October 29, 2009

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ribcage (Lantana, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last of the Living (DVD)

Last of the Living isn't an outstanding film, but at least it's not terrible. With all the independent zombie films out there you can trudge through a lot of them before finding anything that's "acceptable" let alone outstanding, so it was nice that Last of the Living didn't just outright suck. Unfortunately, since it wasn't outstanding, there's little reason for anyone outside of die hard genre fans to pick it up and watch it, as is the case with most average zombie films.

The story follows three friends who move from mansion to mansion kicking back playing video games, watching movies, drinking beer, and occassionally venturing out into the wasteland for more supplies or just to fight some zombies and boredom all in one go. The characters are acted out well enough (there are some slipups where lines were delivered so badly I felt removed from the film, but there aren't too many of those), and there's tons of dry humor between them. I have to say that my sides may have not been hurting, but I did laugh a few times and cracked a smile several other times. It's rare for me to audibly laugh while watching a film alone, and Last of the Living pried some giggles out of me so I'll definitely remember it for that.

The story is minimal--like most zombie films our interest is set more on the characters surviving than what actually goes on. I liked the characters well enough, so the typical zombie fare storyline of survival and hope for a cure didn't bother me much. Plus, the plot didn't try any absurd explanations for the outbreak or try to venture into new ground that the writers probably wouldn't have been able to handle. There were a few moments that should have been emotional that weren't really explored very deeply and passed by much more swiftly than they should have to carry any weight, although if they had been explored deeply it probably would have turned out sour and cliche so it's a lose/lose situation on those scenes.

The zombies were certainly zombies, although the makeup on some seemed to be more cared for than on others and this care seemed to come mostly at random. It wasn't especially distracting, I just wish the style of some of the zombies earlier in the film carried on throughout. They looked very creepy, disturbing and even mildly original to what I've seen in other films. Some of them looked downright rushed, but this thing is indepenent after all, you've got to expect things like that.

My real major disappointment with Last of the Living is that a couple of scenes are lifted directly from 28 Days Later and at least one from Shaun of the Dead (I haven't seen the latter as recently so I'm not sure if any others were as well). They stood out sorely against the rest of the film.

Last of the Living does have enough that if you're a die hard zombie fan you'll probably get a kick out of it. The dry humor gives it enough spice to separate it from other average independent films and the characters don't feel like stock characters. Although neither is enough to seperate it from actually being "average" in general, it at least ranks head of its class.

And obviously, if you haven't watched independent zombie films before this isn't the film for you, and if you're looking to start watching independent zombie films it's also not the place for you to start.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Review of the Last of the Living, January 7, 2010

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Harley D. Morris "Lover of the Dead" (Louisville, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last of the Living (DVD)

This was not a horrible film. It was actually ok. The cinematography seemed fluent, there was decent story and the actors were on it. The only thing about this film that could have been better was a stronger script. The tags on the cover, at least the one I bought suggested "destined to become a cult classic" by Terror 4 Fun & "...a breakthrough zombie film that injects a high dose of hilarity" by Revenant Magazine. I don't see this being a cult classic but at least a good watch for a hardcore zombie film fan. As for the "Hilarity", I had some smiles crack through most of it, close to the end the humor got a bit better, but not by much. I think this would have been a better film if it had been more serious a film, however having said that, the humor it had seemed more on a realistic level than most. What there was didn't seemed forced.

At the offset of the film I thought it was going to be 28 Days later meets Shaun of the Dead, but that went away quickly, and happily so, as I would have been totally put of by the film if it were just rehash. I suggest viewing with little expectancy and you'll find it to be ok enough to own, but if one goes in expecting things that are reviewed on the cover, one may find themselves very disappointed. I applaud everyone involved in the film for taking the chances they did, I just would have liked a stronger script.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great movie for the price., March 28, 2010

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Chris Winchester "mikeystoyz" (Los Angeles Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last of the Living (DVD)

I didnt expect much but was happy with the results. This is a low budget movie filmed in New Zealand. Good story, decent acting and good special effects. If you can get it for under 7 bucks there are worse things you could spend your money on.