Too much of everything

Simply Perfect

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie promises to be a post apocalyptic thriller or at least alludes to be one; instead it turns into a psychological suspense film where people run around mindlessly, berate each other, and attempt to gain some situational understanding of their circumstance. They spend the majority of the film wandering around an empty London and slowly regain their memories and piece together the puzzle; before they do, situation unfolds and they learn about their fates anyway.Pretty vague, but this is exactly how the movie plays out. It is a psychological thriller with some roots in Christianity. There are only seven cast members, but there are others as shown in their memories. Throughout the film they act out different parts almost as if they are schizophrenic or paranoid or in control of their situation. As situation unfolds they slowly gain an understanding, some an acceptance others refuse to believe what is happening in front of them.Better than most films of this type, that is certain; but this appears to be an emerging genre that needs work. The film is also British, which means it will play out like similar British films. If this is your kind of thing, the film is just for you; others may want to look elsewhere.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=7791).

After reading a few plot summaries on 'The Last Seven' i was expecting a low budget Brit post-apocalyptic flick, maybe reminiscent of other Danny Dyer films in terms of action and storyline. Its not that. One plot summary even mentioned political turmoil and climate change disaster. Once again its not that at all. This is more of a thriller/mystery. Just without the thrills.7 people meet up with each other one by one in a deserted London, each confused of the situation they find themselves in and suffering from amnesia. The story leads onto who they are and why they are there and how their stories through flashbacks intertwine.It is not the worst film i have seen, but it doesn't come close to being OK either. The first ten minutes are repetitively tiresome and the most watchable part is the ending. The acting is below par at best, the religious referencing is yawnful which made me drift off during most dialogue. Its main positive is the short runtime of 84mins. The scenes of a deserted London can be quiet eery at times, but the atmosphere falls short of being sinister or concerning.Although i was mildly entertained, nothing that interesting happens I'm afraid. Not what i was expecting through the marketing of this film.If you like this watch - any other Danny Dyer film.chriswatkins68 - 3/10

I have only just finished watching this movie...It is a very gripping and interesting movie, though a bit weird.It's the type of movie, if you were asked 'what's it about?', you would find it hard to answer as you would have no choice but give the plot and the twists away...I found it quite intellectual and full of weird things happening which don't make sense until the end, be prepared for a huge twist.I didn't find the movie particularly scary, though some definitely would.I have only seen two of the cast before and one of the cast has a cameo style role... All in all the cast did a reasonable job at the parts they had to play.The special effects were believable, there is an explosion which looks quite real and the blood / makeup looks good...Overall the film is not the best film I've ever seen, however there is enough here to keep you gripped and interested throughout.I am giving this movie a 7 out of 10.

Reading the synopsis I had quite high hopes for this movie which was rapidly vanishing after the first 15 minutes which consisted of a bloke walking around the deserted streets of London's financial district. The long drawn out fifteen minutes of nothingness may impress someone who has never walked those same central London streets at Dawn on a Sunday morning but it doesn't really work for someone who has. I got the distinct impression the makers were trying to force a point here which went way past its premise of a deserted major City. The obviousness of it had me concerned for the rest of the movie.Eventually our lone walker meets up with a trio, and they meet up with another trio and from there on in there's a lot of long drawn out scenes with intermittent quick flash editing that was intended to scare or intrigue. Im not really sure which but it didn't work.While I have no doubt most of the seven cast have decent acting abilities, their performances were wooden. Mind you its not as if they had anything meaty to really bounce off so those performances were really down to the directors vision. You cant just put some people in front of a camera, give them some lines and hope for magic, particularly with a movie like this which should provoke the audiences senses. Then again a number of lines in the script are quite appalling, as if they were written by a secondary school drama club. But surely the director must have known those lines were just plain bad and could have done something about them.For me the movie just plodded along until it came to a point where I was jeering for it to end. I had twigged on quite early their particular circumstance but how it lead to that I didn't know until the very end, so I do give the makers some points for that. In general though it was a rather garbled affair. Yes, it has a sense of continuity but it wasn't glued together very well. Its a movie that may very well have looked just smashing on paper, but hasn't translated so well to the screen.As indie movies go it is by no means the worst, far from it. Its shot quite well, does have some atmosphere, and can keep you interested. If you haven't seen something in this genre before it may well keep you very interested. But I've seen a lot of these psychological horrors flicks and this one falls short of the mark. Compared to another one I reviewed 'The Broken' now there's a movie that really gets to you on a psychological level. One of the death scenes in that movie still makes me feel uncomfortable a year after watching it. There no gore, its just incredibly moving? or disturbing? I cant really describe what it is. If The Broken cant scare you nothing will.I cant recommend the movie and I cant not recommend it. As I said, if you haven't seen this type of flick before you may very well enjoy it.