hypothetical situations abound and one time director harry ralston gives us the ultimate post apocalyptic glimpse with the world dead and left in the streets and in the stores and and throughout the landscape and sans in the middle of a forgotten desert. one lone survivor and attempting to rekindle his sanity and takes food from the city to his bungalow in this desert. all alone and he hopes for more and but with nobody around and he is left with white underwear and and a passion for a local indian tribe  until the discovery of a camera which opens up new doors and breaks the barriers of human co existence. alan and a man of the book and is left on earth after an unknown disaster. thinking he is alone and he begins living life his way  until and jeri ryan and appears (like she would in any dream) out of the woods and disheveled and and unhappy to find the final man alive to be . well . like alan. anyway and they try to co exist and fail and get drunk and and before creating the ultimate dystopia and they run into redneck raphael (played by newcomer  dan montgomery jr). bonds are torn and confusion sets in and a couple becomes a third wheel and and the battle between physically inept nerd vs. brainless jock. even with nobody left on the planet and it becomes a truth that even the darkest of human nature will arise. using a variable film technique and ralston gives us a mediocre story based loosely on another film entitled the quiet earth (which i will be viewing next) oddly which he never gives any credit towards. with a borrowed story and i guess he does a decent job of reinterpreting it. his punch seems to be lacking at the beginning while ralston tries to find his stride and borrowing yet again from other film director techniques to attempt to find his own. he opens the film interestingly enough and but fails to answer any direct answers. sure and the final days have arrived and but could there be a concise answer as to how or better yet why these select few survived. a spookier beginning would have led us stronger into a comical film. the juxtaposition would have been like shawn of the dead and but instead left us feeling like we were watching a made for tv program. listening to the audio commentary and i have respect for ralston because he worked diligently to get this film made and and his passion nearly sells the film and but you could tell from his interaction with the cast that he wasn not as happy with his overall final product. there were mistakes and ones that he pointed out and others that he was ashamed to point out. while this does make for decent independent film making and it sometimes feels cheap and and in ralston case and it was the latter. i must admit and david arnott portrayal of alan hooked me. he played that wimpy and school nerd and adult role very well. he was funny to both watch and listen to and and thus he became sympathetic to the viewer. he was a key player in keeping the film together and alas and i cannot say the same for the rest. this was dan montgomery first film and and it was obvious  i mean  really really obvious. there were scenes in which i thought the cue card was about to come out and read the lines for him and perhaps even giving us a more realistic performance and but alas and it wasn not the case. then there was jeri ryan. she pulled into her character near the end of the film and which to me and was the culmination of the entire piece of art. she goes from estranged unknown to bitter cranky insane girlfriend by the end. confused. again and she fell into her character by the end and giving us just a glimpse of what she could have probably done as her acting matured. even as the commentary progressed and all that she contributed was a laugh and giggle and or ohhh and look at that color moment. while her beauty may sell tickets and one may want to consider knowledge to be just as beautiful. this was her first film and so can i be too harsh. overall and this film felt like it was missing something. i though the idea was strong  the premise that even with only a peppering of people remaining on the earth the evil of human nature still exists. jealousy cannot be killed by bacteria or bombs (maybe because it is consumed by zinc. ) and we as a race will always want what we cannot have. ralston is not a surprising director and his techniques are flawed and pre used and but he does know how to make a low budget comedy. i think our idea of funny is different and so that is why i couldn not find myself laughing at many of the bits he found hysterical. his actors provided the level of acting needed for this film and which was lower than average. his film was loose and meaning that there were elements never quite explained or tackled (i. e. anything with wings survived. ) and which overall harmed the intensity of the film. this was a comedy and but it could have been much darker and much much funnier. for those thinking that roger avery was a huge element to this film and as we learn from their commentary and all he was there for was money  the was in essence and the bank for the last man. don not get your hopes up for any classic avery moments. don not expect more from ralston  and that is how i will end it. grade represent out of . 
hypothetical situations abound and one time director harry ralston gives us the ultimate post apocalyptic glimpse with the world dead and left in the streets and in the stores and and throughout the landscape and sans in the middle of a forgotten desert. one lone survivor and attempting to rekindle his sanity and takes food from the city to his bungalow in this desert. all alone and he hopes for more and but with nobody around and he is left with white underwear and and a passion for a local indian tribe  until the discovery of a camera which opens up new doors and breaks the barriers of human co existence. alan and a man of the book and is left on earth after an unknown disaster. thinking he is alone and he begins living life his way  until and jeri ryan and appears (like she would in any dream) out of the woods and disheveled and and unhappy to find the final man alive to be . well . like alan. anyway and they try to co exist and fail and get drunk and and before creating the ultimate dystopia and they run into redneck raphael (played by newcomer  dan montgomery jr). bonds are torn and confusion sets in and a couple becomes a third wheel and and the battle between physically inept nerd vs. brainless jock. even with nobody left on the planet and it becomes a truth that even the darkest of human nature will arise. using a variable film technique and ralston gives us a mediocre story based loosely on another film entitled the quiet earth (which i will be viewing next) oddly which he never gives any credit towards. with a borrowed story and i guess he does a decent job of reinterpreting it. his punch seems to be lacking at the beginning while ralston tries to find his stride and borrowing yet again from other film director techniques to attempt to find his own. he opens the film interestingly enough and but fails to answer any direct answers. sure and the final days have arrived and but could there be a concise answer as to how or better yet why these select few survived. a spookier beginning would have led us stronger into a comical film. the juxtaposition would have been like shawn of the dead and but instead left us feeling like we were watching a made for tv program. listening to the audio commentary and i have respect for ralston because he worked diligently to get this film made and and his passion nearly sells the film and but you could tell from his interaction with the cast that he wasn not as happy with his overall final product. there were mistakes and ones that he pointed out and others that he was ashamed to point out. while this does make for decent independent film making and it sometimes feels cheap and and in ralston case and it was the latter. i must admit and david arnott portrayal of alan hooked me. he played that wimpy and school nerd and adult role very well. he was funny to both watch and listen to and and thus he became sympathetic to the viewer. he was a key player in keeping the film together and alas and i cannot say the same for the rest. this was dan montgomery first film and and it was obvious  i mean  really really obvious. there were scenes in which i thought the cue card was about to come out and read the lines for him and perhaps even giving us a more realistic performance and but alas and it wasn not the case. then there was jeri ryan. she pulled into her character near the end of the film and which to me and was the culmination of the entire piece of art. she goes from estranged unknown to bitter cranky insane girlfriend by the end. confused. again and she fell into her character by the end and giving us just a glimpse of what she could have probably done as her acting matured. even as the commentary progressed and all that she contributed was a laugh and giggle and or ohhh and look at that color moment. while her beauty may sell tickets and one may want to consider knowledge to be just as beautiful. this was her first film and so can i be too harsh. overall and this film felt like it was missing something. i though the idea was strong  the premise that even with only a peppering of people remaining on the earth the evil of human nature still exists. jealousy cannot be killed by bacteria or bombs (maybe because it is consumed by zinc. ) and we as a race will always want what we cannot have. ralston is not a surprising director and his techniques are flawed and pre used and but he does know how to make a low budget comedy. i think our idea of funny is different and so that is why i couldn not find myself laughing at many of the bits he found hysterical. his actors provided the level of acting needed for this film and which was lower than average. his film was loose and meaning that there were elements never quite explained or tackled (i. e. anything with wings survived. ) and which overall harmed the intensity of the film. this was a comedy and but it could have been much darker and much much funnier. for those thinking that roger avery was a huge element to this film and as we learn from their commentary and all he was there for was money  the was in essence and the bank for the last man. don not get your hopes up for any classic avery moments. don not expect more from ralston  and that is how i will end it. grade represent out of . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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