Product Details

• Actors: David Arnott, Jeri Ryan, Dan Montgomery Jr.
• Directors: Harry Ralston
• Writers: Harry Ralston
• Producers: Harry Ralston, Douglas Ryan, Jessica Rains, Roger Avary, Tamara Hernandez
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Studio / Sterling
• VHS Release Date: July 9, 2002
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000066C8W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,633 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two is company, three is a crowd, September 20, 2005

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tah - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Man (DVD)

If you are a Jeri Ryan fan, this is a great opportunity to see
her demonstrate her versatility as an actress in a lead role.
The storyline recalls Jean-Paul Sartre's "Huis Clos", but here
developed as a comedy.

It is a very good film, and when you listen to the commentary
by Harry Ralston, Jeri Ryan, Dave Arnott and Dan Montgomery
(in the bonus material), brace yourself for a lot more fun!
"Two thumbs up!"

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Last Man gets the last laugh, June 15, 2004

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Vincent Jenkins (West Hempstead, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Man (DVD)

This is the type of film that creeps up on you, and you find yourself smiling at the end. David Arnott is a steriotypical unattractive, intellectual geek...Jeri Ryan is the attractive woman with issues, and David Montgomery Jr. is the uneducated but handsome hiker...all survivors of a mysterious, unexplained plague that has wiped out human kind, who meet up at various stages. Arnott is the narrator of this tale, as he video tapes his exploits and his personal accounts for any other survivors.

It's Arnott's performance that provides the tempo for this tale. He plays on his character's faults, showing how a man might feel to have the world dumped in his lap, and become more and more annoyed when things don't work out exactly as he perceives they should....as in his relationship with Ryan. The man now has his fantasy woman, but dealing with her individual emotions as a real human being is another story. And then of course being confronted when a third, better looking male survivor unexpectantly shows up.

Jeri Ryan (who does not appear in the form fitting jump suit on the VHS cover) gives a deft performance as a woman with relationship issues (as she warns future generations in her video legacy against "...women like me.")who wants to do the right thing, but just can't get past her obvious distaste for Arnott's physical and emotional being. Ryan once again shows that her acting skills are not soley based on her wearing tight clothes, and you might be surprised by some of her raw, emotional outbursts.

And although Montgomery's character doesn't have much to do, he nails his part as a fun loving guy who accepts the situation and let's nature take it course...as long as that course includes free drugs and a route into Ryan's pants.

Bottom line is you have a look at people who are given the world to start anew, and yet they just can't seem to kick the old habits and stereo-typed roles given to them by a society that no longer exists. Arnott shows deft comic timing as he jumps from dealing with his fellow survivors and then telling his side to his video recorder "audience", which is pretty much the focal point of much of the action. Don't expect gross out corpses or devastating scenes of dead cities or extreme violence...all the action takes place in what appears to be a desert area outside of California. The fun is watching these people come together. (...)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best but worth the two hours, January 9, 2003

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Love-ah not a hate-ah "Patryn121" (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Man (DVD)

It's not the best "last man" type genre but it has some really funny parts. The sad thing is the guy doesn't know what he has until...won't spoil it for you. Personally I don't know why they never moved into a hotel and got rid of the bodies. Jeri Ryan was a surprise because I'd only really seen her in Voyager. She can really act and never once did I think of her as Seven of Nine--which is saying something when she looks that good! All the acting is great and the twists at the end, although not surprising, are wonderful to watch. I'd recommend it and not recommend "The New Guy" DVD.