Rating: R
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 03/04/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DS
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures / Starz
In a tour-de-force sci-fi story with only three main characters, Kiwi director
Geoffrey Murphy creates an interesting dynamic nuanced with shades of mysticism. When scientist Zac Hobson (
Bruno Lawrence) experiments with a radical new power source -- a band of energy that would circle the planet -- the project goes awry and apparently wipes out all living creatures (they vanish without a trace). At first Zac adjusts by indulging himself in some of his materialistic desires, but he soon starts a serious search for other signs of human life. He discovers it in New Zealand in the form of Joanne (
Alison Routledge), with whom he falls in love, and Api (
Peter Smith), a Maori. The challenges the three face in order to survive, as well as their personal interactions, keep this human drama engrossing.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide